US markets end in red on Tuesday

24 Aug 2022 Evaluate

The US markets ended in red on Tuesday as worries about economic slowdown and tighter monetary policy weighed on sentiment. Data showing US business activity dropping for a second straight month and at the fastest pace as well since May 2020 weighed. Data from Markit Economics showed the S&P Global US Composite PMI came in with a score of 45 for August, down from a reading of 47.7 in July. The Manufacturing PMI fell to 51.3 in August from 52.2 a month earlier, while the Services PMI dropped to 44.1 in the month from 47.3 in July. Data from the Commerce Department showed new home sales in the U.S. dropped 12.6% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted 511,000 in July, the lowest reading since January 2016.

According to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the Richmond Fed composite manufacturing index fell to -8 in August from 0 in the previous month. Meanwhile, Redbook Research Inc. said that the Redbook index increased by 13.5 percent in the week ending August 20, 2022 over the same week in the previous year. Besides, investors also looked ahead to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the central bank's annual Jackson Hole economic symposium later this week for clues about the bank's outlook for the economy and interest rates.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 154.02 points or 0.47 percent to 32,909.59, Nasdaq lost 0.27 points to 12,381.30 and S&P 500 was down by 9.26 points or 0.22 percent to 4,128.73.


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