The US markets trimmed most of their losses but failed to enter green terrain and ended lower with marginal cut on Friday. Initially, there was some concern following the release of a report from the University of Michigan showing U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated by much more than anticipated in the month of May. The report said the consumer sentiment index tumbled to 57.7 in May from 63.5 in April, while street had expected the index to edge down to 63.0. With the much bigger than expected decrease, the consumer sentiment index slumped to its lowest level since hitting 56.8 last November.
Meanwhile, long-run inflation expectations rose to 3.2 percent in May from 3.0 percent in April, reaching their highest reading since 2011. Worries about the debt ceiling crisis also continued to hang over the markets, with the postponement of a meeting between President Joe Biden and top lawmakers adding to jitters about a potential default. On the sectoral front, most of the major sectors ended the day showing only modest moves, contributing to the relatively lackluster close by the broader markets. Airline and banking stocks saw some weakness on the day, while natural gas stocks moved notably higher along with the price of the commodity. Meanwhile, investors will be looking ahead to the latest U.S. economic data, including reports on retail sales, industrial production, housing starts and existing home sales.
Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 8.89 points or 0.03 percent to 33,300.62, Nasdaq declined 43.76 points or 0.35 percent to 12,284.74 and S&P 500 was down by 6.54 points or 0.16 percent to 4,124.08.
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