US markets end higher on Tuesday

01 Nov 2023 Evaluate

The US markets ended higher on Tuesday as traders seemed reluctant to make significant moves ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement on Wednesday. While the Fed is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged, traders will pay close attention to the accompanying statement for clues about the outlook for rates. However, the early weakness on markets partly reflected a negative reaction to a report from the Labor Department showing employment costs jumped by slightly more than expected in the third quarter. The Labor Department said its employment cost index shot up by 1.1 percent in the third quarter compared to economist estimates for a 1.0 percent advance.

On the sectoral front, networking stocks showed a substantial rebound on the day, with the NYSE Arca Networking Index surging by 2.7 percent after tumbling to its lowest closing level in well over a year on Monday. Arista Networks (ANET) led the way back to the upside after the cloud networking solutions company reported third quarter results that beat expectations on both the top and bottom lines. Considerable strength also emerged among commercial real estate stocks, resulting in a 1.8 percent jump by the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index. Housing, banking and telecom stock also turned in strong performances, while gold and airline stocks showed notable moves to the downside.

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 123.91 points or 0.38 percent to 33,052.87, Nasdaq surged 61.76 points or 0.48 percent to 12,851.24 and S&P 500 was up by 26.98 points or 0.65 percent to 4,193.8. 


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