US markets end mostly in red on Tuesday

10 Jan 2024 Evaluate

The US markets ended mostly in red on Tuesday as some traders looked to cash in on Monday's strong gains amid lingering uncertainty about the outlook for interest rates. While the Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged later this month, traders have recently become increasingly skeptical about whether the central bank will cut rates in March. Meanwhile, traders seemed reluctant to make move significant bets ahead of the release of key inflation data later this week. The Labor Department is due to release its reports on consumer and producer price inflation, which could have a significant impact on the outlook for rates. On the sectoral front, despite the recovery attempt by the broader markets, tobacco stocks continued to see substantial weakness on the day, with the NYSE Arca Tobacco Index plunging by 3.7 percent.

Significant weakness also remained visible among oil service stocks, as reflected by the 2.4 percent slump by the Philadelphia Oil Service Index. The weakness in the sector came despite a rebound by the price of crude oil. On the economic data front, the Commerce Department released a report showing the U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in the month of November. The report said the trade deficit narrowed to $63.2 billion in November from a revised $64.5 billion in October. Street had expected the trade deficit to widen to $65.0 billion from the $64.3 billion originally reported for the previous month. The unexpectedly smaller trade deficit came as the value of imports tumbled by 1.9 percent to $316.9 billion, while the value of export slumped by 1.9 percent to $253.7 billion.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 157.85 points or 0.42 percent to 37,525.16, and S&P 500 was down by 7.04 points 0.15 percent to 4,756.5, while Nasdaq gained 13.94 points or 0.09 percent to 14,857.71.


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