US markets end mostly in red on Tuesday

28 Sep 2022 Evaluate

The US markets ended mostly lower on Tuesday as the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield continued to climb to levels not seen in at least a decade. The 10-year Treasury yield surpassed 3.9% as it continued its climb toward 4%. Concerns about higher interest rates and the outlook for the global economy continued to weigh on the markets. A turnaround by the value of the US dollar also led to renewed selling pressure on markets amid concerns about the impact on corporate profits. However, Nasdaq managed to end the day modestly higher as traders picked up stocks at reduced levels following recent weakness. On the sectoral front, Interest rate-sensitive utilities stocks moved sharply lower over the course of the session, dragging the Dow Jones Utility Average down by 2.0 percent to a three-month closing low. Substantial weakness also emerged among tobacco stocks, as reflected by the 2.0 percent plunge by the NYSE Arca Tobacco Index. The index tumbled to its lowest closing level in well over two years.

On the economic data front, a report released by the Commerce Department showed a modest decrease in new orders for US manufactured durable goods in the month of August. The Commerce Department said durable goods orders slipped by 0.2 percent in August after edging down by 0.1 percent in July. Street had expected durable goods orders to decrease by 0.4 percent. Excluding a steep drop in orders for transportation equipment, durable goods orders inched up by 0.2 percent in August, matching the uptick seen in July as well as economist estimates. Meanwhile, a separate Commerce Department report unexpectedly showed a substantial rebound in new home sales in the month of August. The report showed new home sales skyrocketed by 28.8 percent to an annual rate of 685,000 in August after plunging by 8.6 percent to a revised rate of 532,000 in July.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 125.82 points or 0.43 percent to 29,134.99 and S&P 500 was down by 7.75 points 0.21 percent to 3,647.29, while Nasdaq rose 26.58 points or 0.25 percent to 10,829.5.

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