US markets end higher on Tuesday

01 Feb 2023 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher on Tuesday amid the Federal Reserve's key monetary meeting began. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points (bps) at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday. Investors will closely monitor comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell following the announcement for clues on the path of monetary policy. On the economic data front, data from the Labor Department showed employment cost index wages in the U.S. increased by 1% on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2022, after rising 1.3% in the previous quarter. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index in the United States decreased 0.8% month-over-month in November of 2022, the same as in October and marking a fifth consecutive decline.

A report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said the Chicago PMI in the United States fell back to 44.3 points in January of 2023 from 44.9 in December and compared to market forecasts of 45. The reading pointed to a fifth consecutive month of contraction in business activity in the Chicago region. Meanwhile, the Conference Board's consumer confidence index came in with a score of 107.1 in January, after coming in at a revised 109.0 a month earlier. Stock specific development, General Motors soared more than 8 percent after the company reported a 14.8 percent in surge in fourth-quarter net profit.

Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 368.95 points or 1.09 percent to 34,086.04, Nasdaq surged 190.74 points or 1.67 percent to 11,584.55 and S&P 500 was up by 58.83 points or 1.46 percent to 4,076.60.

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