NEW YORK: Wall Street indices closed higher on Tuesday (Oct 10), to notch their third straight day of gains, after dovish comments from US Federal Reserve (Fed) officials pushed Treasury yields lower as investors cautiously monitored developments in the Middle East.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 134.65 points, or 0.4%, to 33,739.3, the S&P 500 gained 22.58 points, or 0.52%, to 4,358.24 and the Nasdaq Composite added 78.61 points, or 0.58%, to 13,562.84.
Following comments from top Fed officials on Monday, Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic said the US central bank does not need to raise interest rates any further, and that he sees no recession ahead.
The 10-year Treasury yield came off its 16-year peak on Tuesday and was tracking for its steepest single-day drop since August, as trading resumed in the US bond market which had been closed for a holiday on Monday.
“Everybody has one eye on the Middle East conflict and one eye on what’s happening with bond yields. The decline in bond yields is the key driver today,” said John Praveen, managing director & co-chief investment officer at Paleo Leon.
While the Fed’s dovish comments were helping stocks on Tuesday and investors were being sanguine about the Middle East, Praveen said that view could change if for example the fighting spread to other countries in the region.
Peter Tuz, president of Chase Investment Counsel in Charlottesville, Virginia, also attributed the stock market’s gains on Tuesday to declining bond yields even as he said “the level of risk in the world has gone up considerably”.
“The action yesterday and today, given what’s happened in Israel, has really surprised me. But the flight to safety has made Treasury yields fall enough to push up equities,” he said.
Ten of the S&P 500's 11 major sectors advanced with utilities leading gains, while the biggest laggard was energy down 0.02% after its 3.5% rally on Monday.
Late on Tuesday, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank president Neel Kashkari said he believes the US economy is on track for a soft landing in which inflation falls back to the Fed's 2% goal but the unemployment rate does not rise sharply.
But while Kashkari said recent gains in Treasury yields could reduce the need for more rate hikes he cautioned that if yields are higher due to changing expectations about Fed policy, it might “need to follow through” to maintain those yields.
Fed governor Christopher Waller reiterated the US central bank's determination to reduce inflation to its 2% target.
Traders put the chance of interest rates remaining unchanged in November and December at around 86% and 73%, respectively, according to CME's FedWatch tool.
Later in the week, investor focus will turn to inflation data, including September producer and consumer prices as well as the Fed’s September meeting minutes. Friday is when third-quarter earnings season kicks off in earnest.
Among individual stocks PepsiCo climbed 1.9% after the soft drinks company raised its annual profit forecast for a third time this year. Rival Coca-Cola gained 2.2%.
Rivian Automotive added 4.6% after UBS upgraded the EV maker’s stock to “buy” from “neutral”. – Reuters
Source: The Sun Daily
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