The US markets ended mostly in green on Friday on optimism about an end to the prolonged government shutdown following an offer from top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer. Schumer offered to provide Democratic support for passage of a short-term funding bill to reopen the government in exchange for Republican support for a one-year extension of enhanced Obamacare tax credits. However, gains remained capped as the University of Michigan in its latest data said that consumer sentiment in the U.S. has deteriorated by much more than anticipated in the month of November.
The University of Michigan said its consumer sentiment index slid to 50.3 in November after falling to 53.6 in October. Street had expected the index to edge down to 53.2. With the much bigger than expected decrease, the consumer sentiment index dropped to its lowest level since hitting a record low of 50.0 in June 2022. On the sectoral front, computer hardware stocks showed a substantial turnaround over the course of the trading session, with the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware Index surging by 3.2 percent after plunging by as much as 3.0 percent. Significant strength also emerged among gold stocks, as reflected by the 2.3 percent jump by the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index. The strength in the sector came as the price of gold climbed back above the $4,000 an ounce level.
Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 74.8 points or 0.16 percent to 46,987.10 and S&P 500 rose 8.48 points or 0.13 percent to 6,728.80, while Nasdaq tumbled 49.45 points or 0.22 percent to 23,004.54.
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