The US markets ended mostly in green on Tuesday following the release of a Labor Department report showing producer prices rose by slightly less than expected in the month of December. The Labor Department said its producer price index for final demand crept up by 0.2 percent in December after climbing by 0.4 percent in November. Street had expected producer prices to rise by 0.3 percent. Meanwhile, the report said the annual rate of producer price growth accelerated to 3.3 percent in December from 3.0 percent in November. The acceleration matched street estimates. The smaller than expected monthly increase by producer prices helped ease recent concerns about the outlook for inflation and interest rates, although the faster annual growth kept buying interest somewhat subdued.
However, traders were reluctant to make more significant moves ahead of the release of a more closely watched report on consumer price inflation on Wednesday. Street currently expect consumer prices to rise by 0.3 percent in December, matching the increase seen in November. The annual rate of growth is expected to accelerate to 2.9 percent from 2.7 percent. On the sectoral front, gold stocks moved sharply higher on the day, resulting in a 2.8 percent spike by the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index. The rally by gold stocks came amid a modest increase by the price of the precious metal. Substantial strength was also visible among housing stocks, as reflected by the 2.7 percent surge by the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 221.16 points or 0.52 percent to 42,518.28 and S&P 500 was up by 6.69 points or 0.11 percent to 5,842.91, while Nasdaq dropped 43.71 points or 0.23 percent to 19,044.39.
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