US markets end higher as inflation continues to falls

13 Jul 2023 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher on Wednesday following the release of a highly anticipated Labor Department report showing consumer prices increased by less than expected in the month of June. The Labor Department said its consumer price index rose by 0.2 percent in June after inching up by 0.1 percent in May. Street had expected consumer prices to climb by 0.3 percent. Excluding food and energy prices, core consumer prices still increased by 0.2 percent in June after rising by 0.4 percent in May. Core consumer prices were also expected to rise by 0.3 percent. The report also showed the annual rate of consumer price growth slowed to 3.0 percent in June from 4.0 percent in May. Street had expected the rate of growth to slow to 3.1 percent. The annual rate of core consumer price growth also decelerated to 4.8 percent in June from 5.3 percent in May. The rate of growth was expected to slow to 5.0 percent.

While the Federal Reserve is still widely expected to raise interest rates by another quarter point later this month, the data has led to renewed optimism that will be the end of the central bank's rate-hiking cycle. On the sectoral front, gold stocks turned in some of the market's best performances on the day, resulting in a 5.2 percent spike by the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index. With the surge, the index reached its best closing level in over a month. The rally by gold stocks came amid a sharp increase by the price of the precious metal, with gold for August delivery soaring $24.60 to $1,961.70 an ounce. Easing interest rate concerns also contributed to substantial strength among housing stocks, as reflected by the 2.1 percent jump by the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index. Steel, semiconductor and chemical stocks also saw considerable strength on the day, while airline stocks came under pressure over the course of the session.

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 86.01 points or 0.25 percent to 34,347.43, Nasdaq gained 158.26 points or 1.15 percent to 13,918.96 and S&P 500 was up by 32.9 points or 0.74 percent to 4,472.16.


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