The US markets ended higher on Tuesday, extending their previous session’s gains, as the latest batch of U.S. economic data helped ease recent concerns about the outlook for interest rates. Consumer confidence in the U.S. deteriorated by much more than anticipated in the month of August, according to a report released by the Conference Board. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index tumbled to 106.1 in August from a downwardly revised 114.0 in July. Street had expected the consumer confidence index to edge down to 116.5 from the 117.0 originally reported for the previous month.
A separate report released by the Labor Department showed job openings in the U.S. decreased to 8.8 million on the last business day of July. On the sectoral font, telecom stocks saw significant strength on the day, resulting in a 3.0 percent surge by the NYSE Arca North American Telecom Index. AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) posted notable gains after Citi upgraded their ratings on both telecom giants to Buy. Considerable strength was also visible among semiconductor stocks, as reflected by the 2.6 percent jump by the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index. Airline, steel and housing stocks also saw notable strength, moving higher along with most of the other major sectors.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 292.69 points or 0.85 percent to 34,852.67, Nasdaq surged 238.63 points or 1.74 percent to 13,943.76 and S&P 500 was up by 64.32 points or 1.45 percent to 4,497.63.
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