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The focus turns to Wednesday's release of the Producer Price Index after the latest Consumer Price Index data showed the largest single-month decline in inflation since April 2020.
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June rose 3.5% year-on-year, below market expectations.
SINGAPORE, July 15 (Reuters) - Asian markets were higher on Wednesday after a surprise slowdown in U.S. inflation scaled back market expectations for interest rate hikes, while oil took a breather as
It was a jam-packed day for the markets: earnings season started strong, oil futures fluctuated, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testified in front of lawmakers, and the latest June inflation report delivered a cooler-than-expected reading that should make policymakers hold off on raising interest rates—for now. The Dow closed just above the flatline at 0.02%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.9% and the S&P 500 finished the day up 0.4%.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with the Dow ending little changed, the S&P 500 adding almost four-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq gaining nine-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Second-quarter earnings season began with five big U.S. banks reporting solid results, buoyed by trading strength and dealmaking.</p><p>Shares of Goldman Sachs surged 9%, while JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America also closed higher.</p><p>Robert Conzo, CEO and managing director of The Wealth Alliance, said he expects corporate earnings this quarter to remain strong which should help markets advance.</p><p>"When you look at the earnings estimates for the second quarter, it's at 23.6 [percent], north of 20. That's coming off of a first quarter earnings of about 27 [percent]. Again, a huge number north of 20. The last time that happened was in the first and second quarter of 2021 when we were coming off of Covid. So these are big earnings projections going forward. The market was looking for that because all eyes on earnings in the face of sticky inflation.”</p><p>But inflation was a little less "sticky" in June, as Tuesday's release of the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index showed the annual inflation rate dropped to 3.5%, due largely to receding oil prices that have since rebounded.</p><p>Other stocks on the move Tuesday included U.S.- listed shares of SK Hynix, which soared more than 27% after tumbling on Monday following a strong Friday debut.</p><p>And shares of IBM plummeted more than 25% after the tech company warned second-quarter revenue would fall below estimates.</p></body>
U.S. stocks rose as blockbuster bank earnings and a cooler-than-expected inflation report boosted sentiment, while a profit warning from IBM weighed on the Dow Industrials and dragged software stocks lower.
Yahoo Finance's Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre and Senior Business Reporter Brooke DiPalma join Julie Hyman on Market Catalysts to break down the June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, what it means for the Federal Reserve's rate-cut outlook, and how Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's testimony could shape expectations for monetary policy.
By Sinéad Carew and Nell Mackenzie NEW YORK/LONDON July 14 (Reuters) - Shares were up modestly on Tuesday after softer than expected U.S. inflation data and strong second-quarter earnings from major
Jet. AI (NASDAQ:JTAI) has signed a non-binding merger letter of intent with a private operating company while outlining plans to spin off its data center business into a separate publicly traded company, a transaction that could leave shareholders owning stakes in two listed businesses.
Fresh economic data showing consumer prices fell in June sent stocks mostly higher at Tuesday's opening bell. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 0.4%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.2%. The Dow was up 0.2%, or 83 points.
July 14 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Tuesday after softer-than-expected inflation data fueled bets that the Federal Reserve could take a less hawkish stance on interest
Wall Street looked set for a mixed open as investors digested a 23% plunge in IBM shares, another jump in oil prices and the start of the second-quarter earnings season. Dow Jones futures were down 281 points, or 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower. Nasdaq futures were pointing...
By Ragini Mathur and Avinash P July 14 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures fell on Tuesday in choppy trading as investors sifted through earnings reports from Wall Street's biggest banks, while IBM
Wall Street futures were mixed pre-bell Tuesday as tech shares somewhat recovered from Monday's rout
Several Fed officials expect at least one interest rate increase this year, and history says that could lead to a stock market correction.
An expected decline in headline inflation for June doesn't tell the full story.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, with the Dow losing about a quarter of a percent, the S&P 500 falling roughly eight-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq dropping more than one-and-a-half percent.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Oil prices jumped after President Donald Trump announced he would reinstate a blockade on Iranian ports in the latest escalation of U.S.-Iran hostilities.</p><p>Alexander Morris is CEO and chief investment officer of F/m Investments.</p><p>"Anyone watching the market today is really seeing what happens when there is confusion in the market, of information. We have a weekend where we think that Iran is sorting itself out, and then the blockade is back on. The ceasefire is teetering, but we're shooting at each other. Confusion is back. The dollar is down. The [yield] curve is up. It seems like the market is starting to price back in the fact that any of the good news bits that we had previously thought might be the start of the end are actually maybe just the end of the beginning."</p><p>Chip stocks, which have tended to lead the market through both rally and selloff, slid on Monday, with SanDisk, Marvell Technology and Intel dropping between about 6% and 12.5%.</p><p>And after a stellar Nasdaq debut on Friday, U.S.-listed shares of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix sank more than 9%.</p><p>On the flip side, energy stocks led the gainers, as crude prices surged more than 9%. Shares of Chevron added more than 3% while Exxon Mobil climbed 4%.</p><p>Higher oil costs fueled worries that strained supply and upward price pressures could broaden into long-term, systemic inflation.</p><p>To that end, the Labor Department is expected to release its consumer and producer price indexes this week, which will give markets and the Federal Reserve a glimpse at the extent to which the on-again-off-again U.S.-Iran war affected price growth in June.</p></body>
July 13 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Monday, as a fresh escalation between the U.S. and Iran in the Gulf pushed oil prices higher and unsettled investors, while chip stocks
