The U.S. markets ended in green on Monday as early weakness on Wall Street partly reflected renewed trade concerns amid further signs of rising tensions between the U.S. and China. China has pushed back against President Donald Trump's claims that it had broken the Geneva trade agreement, accusing the U.S. of violating the deal with increased tech export restrictions and the revocation of Chinese student visas. Traders wary that a collapse of the U.S.-China trade agreement could lead to considerable weakness among stocks, which have shown a considerable recovery since Trump's reciprocal tariff announcement in early April. However, as the session progressed selling pressure waned report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) showed U.S. manufacturing activity unexpectedly edged slightly lower in the month of May, raising optimism about the outlook for interest rates amid signs of U.S. economic weakness due to Trump's trade war. The ISM said its manufacturing PMI slipped to 48.5 in May from 48.7 in April, with a reading below 50 indicating contraction, while street had expected the index to inch up to 49.5.
On the sectoral front, significant strength has been seen in gold stocks with the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index soaring by 6.0 percent. Besides, Trump's increased tariffs on U.S. steel imports also contributed to substantial strength among steel stocks, as reflected by the 3.0 percent surge by the NYSE Arca Steel Index.
Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 35.41 points or 0.08 percent to 42,305.38, S&P 500 rose 24.25 points or 0.41 percent to 5,935.94 and Nasdaq climbed 128.85 points or 0.67 percent at 19,242.61.
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