Magnifying their previous session’s gains, the US markets closed sharply higher on Friday on account of bargain hunting, as the major averages extended the recovery from their worst levels in over a month. The markets ended higher despite hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell and a large interest rate rise in the EU. Friday’s gain for Wall Street equities came a day after Fed chair Jay Powell reiterated hawkish messaging that the central bank needed to ‘act forthrightly’ on inflation and ‘keep at it until the job is done’. On the sectoral front, steel stocks showed a substantial move to the upside over the course of the session, resulting in a 5 percent spike by the NYSE Arca Steel Index.
Significant strength was also visible among oil service stocks, as reflected by the 4.4 percent surge by the Philadelphia Oil Service Index. The rally by oil service stocks came amid a sharp increase by the price of crude oil, with crude for October delivery jumping $3.25 to $86.79 a barrel. Gold stocks also saw considerable strength amid an increase by the price of the precious metal, driving the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index up by 2.9 percent. Computer hardware, airline and semiconductor stocks also showed notable moves to the upside amid broad based buying interest. Meanwhile, reports on consumer and producer price inflation are likely to be in focus next week, as the data could impact expectations regarding future interest rate hikes. Retail sales, industrial production and consumer sentiment data is also likely to attract attention.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 377.19 points or 1.19 percent to 32,151.71, Nasdaq surged 250.18 points or 2.11 percent to 12,112.31 and S&P 500 was up by 61.18 points or 1.53 percent to 4,067.36.
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