The US markets ended higher on Wednesday amid continued optimism about an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve following recent consumer price inflation data. With the consumer price inflation data largely coming in line with street’s estimates, the Fed is widely expected to lower rates by a least a quarter point next month. Meanwhile, considerable up move has been seen Dow Jones Industrial Average amid notable gains by Dow components UnitedHealth (UNH), Nike (NKE), Sherwin-Williams (SHW) and Merck (MRK). However, gains remained capped as lack of major U.S. economic data kept some traders on the sidelines. Reports on producer price inflation, retail sales, industrial production and consumer sentiment are likely to attract attention in the coming days.
On sectoral front, housing stocks turned in some of the market's best performances on the day, with the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index surging by 3.7 percent to its best closing level in eight months. Considerable strength was also visible among biotechnology stocks, as reflected by the 3.0 percent jump by the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index. The gain lifted the index to a five-month closing high.
Dow Jones Industrial Average shot up 463.66 points or 1.04 percent to 44,922.27, Nasdaq inched up 31.24 points or 0.14 percent to 21,713.14 and S&P 500 rose 20.82 points or 0.32 percent to 6,466.58.
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