US markets end in red on Tuesday

01 Jun 2022 Evaluate

The US markets ended lower on Wednesday as concerns about soaring inflation and looming policy tightening by the Federal Reserve rendered the mood bearish. Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said that he favored 50 basis point hike at every meeting until there is a substantial reduction in inflation. Further, sentiments were weak after a report released by the Conference Board showed a modest decrease in US consumer confidence in the month of May. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index dipped to 106.4 in May from an upwardly revised 108.6 in April. Streel had expected the consumer confidence index to drop to 104.0 from the 107.3 originally reported for the previous month.

The report showed the present situation index fell to 149.6 in May from 152.9 in April, while the expectations index declined to 77.5 from 79.0. On the sectoral front, Energy stocks shed ground after oil prices pared early gains and drifted lower on reports some OPEC members are in favor of suspending Russia's participation in the oil-production deal. In the stock specific developments, Johnson & Johnson, Honeywell International, Boeing and 3M shed about 2 to 2.8 percent in the session. Merck, Coca-Cola, Cisco Systems, American Express, JP Morgan Chase, Visa, Caterpillar and McDonalds also ended notably lower.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 222.84 points or 0.67 percent to 32,990.12, Nasdaq dropped 49.74 points or 0.41 percent to 12,081.39 and S&P 500 was down by 26.09 points or 0.63 percent to 4,132.15.

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