The US markets ended higher on Monday amid a positive reaction to news President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. Bessent is seen as supportive of the equity markets and an advocate for deficit reduction. He has also called for Trump's planned tariff increases to be implemented gradually, which could reduce the impact on inflation. After showing a strong move to the upside early in the session, stocks gave back some ground over the course of the trading day on Monday but managed to close mostly higher. However, buying interest waned as the day progressed, as traders seemed reluctant to make more significant moves ahead of the release of several key economic reports in the coming days. A report on personal income and spending in the month of October is likely to be in the spotlight, as it includes the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation readings.
Reports on consumer confidence, new home sales and durable goods orders are also likely to attract attention along with the minutes of the Fed's latest monetary policy meeting. On the sectoral front, housing stocks moved sharply higher amid a steep drop by treasury yields, resulting in a 4.5 percent spike by the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index. Substantial strength was also visible among computer hardware stocks, with the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware Index soaring by 4.1 percent to a four-month closing high. Airline stocks also showed a significant move to the upside on the day, driving the NYSE Arca Airline Index up by 2.6 percent. Commercial real estate, retail and biotechnology stocks also saw considerable strength, while gold stocks plunged along with the price of the precious metal.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 440.06 points or 0.99 percent to 44,736.57, Nasdaq rose 51.19 points or 0.27 percent to 19,054.84 and S&P 500 was up by 18.03 points or 0.3 percent to 5,987.37.
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