The US markets ended higher on Wednesday as hopes of rate cut by Federal Reserve continued to support the investors’ sentiments. The optimism about a rate cut came following dovish comments from some Federal Reserve officials. Besides, traders shrugged off the valuation concerns that recently weighed on the markets and dragged the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 down to their lowest levels in over two months. Meanwhile, market participants overlooked the upbeat economic data. The Commerce Department released a long-delayed reported this morning showing new orders for U.S. manufactured durable goods increased by more than expected in the month of September. The report said durable goods orders climbed by 0.5 percent in September after spiking by an upwardly revised 3.0 percent in August. Meanwhile, street had expected durable goods orders to rise by 0.3 percent compared to the 2.9 percent surge that had been reported for the previous month. A separate report released by the Labor Department showed an unexpected dip by first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended November 22. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims slipped to 216,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level of 222,000. Meanwhile, street had expected jobless claims to inch up to 225,000 from the 220,000 originally reported for the previous week.
On the sectoral front, significant strength has been seen in gold stocks, amid an increase by the price of the precious metal, driving the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index up by 4.9 percent to its best closing level in well over a month. Further, considerable up move was visible among airline stocks, with the NYSE Arca Airline Index soaring by 3.2 percent to a one-month closing high.
Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 314.67 points or 0.67 percent to 47,427.12, Nasdaq jumped 189.10 points or 0.82 percent to 23,214.69 and S&P 500 advanced 46.73 points or 0.69 percent to 6,812.61.
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