The US markets ended higher on Friday with the tech-heavy Nasdaq reaching a new record intraday high. The strength on Wall Street came amid continued optimism over Federal Reserve’s rate cut after it signalled two more rate cuts this year, with rates forecast in a range of 3.50 percent to 3.75 percent by the end of 2025. The Federal Reserve had slashed the key interest rate by 25 basis point. Meanwhile, traders were keeping an eye on the outcome of a phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping aimed at finalizing a deal over TikTok's U.S. operations.
On the sectoral front, despite the uptick by the broader markets, airline stocks have shown a significant move to the downside, dragging the NYSE Arca Airline Index down by 1.6 percent. Besides, extended pullback by the price of crude oil was weighed on energy stocks, with the NYSE Arca Oil Index and the Philadelphia Oil Service Index declining by 1.4 percent.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 172.85 points or 0.37 percent to 46,315.27, S&P 500 climbed 32.40 points or 0.49 percent to 6,664.36 and Nasdaq advanced 160.75 points or 0.72 percent to 22,631.48.
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