The US markets ended higher on Wednesday as yields finished the day firmly in negative territory, giving back ground after reaching their highest levels in sixteen years. Treasury yields closed lower following the release of a report from payroll processor ADP showing private sector job growth slowed by much more than expected in the month of September. ADP said private sector employment rose by 89,000 jobs in September after climbing by an upwardly revised 180,000 jobs in August. Street had expected private sector employment to advance by 153,000 jobs compared to the addition of 177,000 jobs originally reported for the previous month. The increase in September reflected the slowest pace of job growth since January 2021, when private employers shed jobs.
Meanwhile, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) released a separate report showing a modest slowdown in the pace of growth in U.S. service sector activity in the month of September. The ISM said its services PMI edged down to 53.6 in September from 54.5 in August, although a reading above 50 still indicates growth. The modest decrease matched participants estimates. On the sectoral front, airline stocks moved sharply higher over the course of the session, with the NYSE Arca Airline Index soaring by 2.7 percent after ending the previous session at a nine-month closing low. Significant strength also emerged among housing stocks, as reflected by the 1.6 percent gain posted by the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index. The index bounced off its lowest closing level in almost four months.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 127.17 points or 0.39 percent to 33,129.55, Nasdaq gained 176.54 points or 1.35 percent to 13,236.01 and S&P 500 was up by 34.3 points or 0.81 percent to 4,263.75.
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