The US markets ended lower on Tuesday, with Nasdaq settling cut of over one percent as traders looked ahead to the release of the Labor Department's highly anticipated report on consumer price inflation on Wednesday. Street currently expect the annual rate of consumer price growth to accelerate to 3.6 percent in August from 3.2 percent in July, while the annual rate of core consumer price growth is expected to slow to 4.4 percent from 4.7 percent. The inflation data could have a significant impact on the outlook for interest rates ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting next week. Further, some selling pressure was also generated in reaction to a sharp increase by the price of crude oil, with crude for October delivery surging $1.55 to $88.84 a barrel.
The price of crude oil has reached its highest levels since last November amid worries about tight supplies, raising concerns about sticky inflation. On the sectoral front, software stocks saw substantial weakness amid the steep drop by Oracle, with the Dow Jones U.S. Software Index plunging by 2.4 percent after ending Monday's trading at its best closing level in over a month. Considerable weakness was also visible among housing stocks, as reflected by the 1.9 percent slump by the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index. Computer hardware and networking stocks also saw notable weakness, while energy stocks moved sharply higher along with the price of crude oil.
Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 17.73 points or 0.05 percent to 34,645.99, Nasdaq dropped 144.28 points or 1.04 percent to 13,773.61 and S&P 500 was down by 25.56 points or 0.57 percent to 4,461.9.
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