The US markets ended mostly lower on Friday following the release of a Labor Department report showing producer prices climbed by slightly more than expected in the month of July. The Labor Department said its producer price index for final demand rose by 0.3 percent in July following a revised unchanged reading in June. Street had expected producer prices to inch up by 0.2 percent compared to the 0.1 percent uptick originally reported for the previous month. The report also showed the annual rate of producer price growth reaccelerated to 0.8 percent in July after slowing to just 0.2 percent in June. The rate of growth was expected to accelerate to 0.7 percent. On the sectoral front, semiconductor stocks showed a significant move to the downside on the day, dragging the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down by 2.3 percent to its lowest closing level in well over a month.
Considerable weakness was also visible among airline stocks, with the NYSE Arca Airline Index tumbling by 2.0 percent to a two-month closing low. Computer hardware stocks also saw notable weakness, resulting in a 1.3 percent drop by the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware Index. However, oil stocks moved higher amid a rebound by the price of crude oil, driving the NYSE Arca Oil Index up by 1.4 percent. Gold stocks also turned in a strong performance despite a modest decrease by the price of the precious metal, with the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index climbing by 1.1 percent.
Nasdaq declined 93.14 points or 0.68 percent to 13,644.85 and S&P 500 was down by 4.78 points or 0.11 percent to 4,464.05, However Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 105.25 points or 0.3 percent to 35,281.4.
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