US markets end mostly in red on Tuesday

15 Jun 2022 Evaluate

The US markets ended mostly in red on Tuesday with the S&P 500 dipping further into bear market territory ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement. The Fed, which is scheduled to announce its policy on Wednesday, is widely expected to hike interest rates by 50 basis points.  Some private reports said they expect that the Fed to raise interest rates by 75 basis points. Stocks hit session lows during the final hour of trading after seesawing between sharp gains and losses throughout the day. Stock specific developments, shares of Oracle jumped more than 10% after the software company reported an earnings beat boosted by a major increase in demand in its infrastructure cloud business. FedEx's stock saw its best day since 1986 after soaring 14% on news that the company would raise its quarterly dividend by more than 50% and add three new directors to its board.

On the economic data front, the Labor Department showed producer prices increased 0.8 percent month-on-month in May 2022, following a 0.4 percent rise in April. The producer price index for final demand less foods and energy rose 0.5 percent from a month earlier in May of 2022, accelerating from a downwardly revised 0.2 percent gain in the prior month. Year-on-year, core producer prices rose by 8.3 percent, easing from a revised 8.6 percent increase in April. Annual producer inflation in the US edged slightly lower to 10.8 percent in May of 2022 from 10.9 percent in April and a 21-year high of 11.5 percent hit in March.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 151.91 points or 0.5 percent to 30,364.83 and S&P 500 was down by 14.15 points or 0.38 percent to 3,735.48, Nasdaq gained 19.12 points or 0.18 percent to 10,828.35.

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