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☆ Nasdaq outperforms as investors cheer Microsoft, Dow transports sink
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Sinéad Carew Ankika Biswas Sruthi Shankar | Sinéad Carew | Ankika Biswas | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Microsoft shares rallied 7.2% following upbeat quarterly earnings and sales, including of robust artificial intelligence products. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 228.96 points, or 0.68%, to 33,301.87; and the S&P 500 (.SPX) lost 15.64 points, or 0.38%, at 4,055.99. The S&P 500 technology index (.SPLRCT) was the sole gainer among the benchmark's 11 major industry sectors, adding 1.7%. Of the 163 S&P 500 companies that reported first-quarter profit through Wednesday morning, 79.8% topped analysts' expectations, as per Refinitiv IBES data. It helped push the S&P 500 bank index (.SPXBK) down 1.4% on the day.
☆ Wall Street ends up as investors eye data for rate prospects, energy outperforms
  + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Sinéad Carew Ankika Biswas | Sinéad Carew | Ankika Biswas | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, rose 0.1% last month after climbing 0.4% in October. On U.S. exchanges 7.75 billion shares changed hands on Friday compared with the 11.41 billion average for the last 20 sessions. Energy shares (.SPNY) stood out as the biggest advancers throughout the session as oil prices gained following news of Moscow's plans to cut crude output. Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 2.06-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.09-to-1 ratio favored advancers. The S&P 500 posted 2 new 52-week highs and 1 new low; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 49 new highs and 228 new lows.
☆ Wall Street ends up with help from Nike, FedEx and consumer sentiment
  + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Sinéad Carew Ankika Biswas | Sinéad Carew | Ankika Biswas | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
FedEx Corp (FDX.N), which sparked a market selloff in September after pulling financial forecasts, provided financial guidance and announced plans for $1 billion cost cuts. Also, U.S. consumer confidence rose to an eight-month high in December as inflation retreated and the labor market remained strong while 12-month inflation expectations fell to 6.7%, the lowest since September 2021. It's been helped by upbeat corporate commentary and an improvement in consumer confidence," said Angelo Kourkafas, investment strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis referring to Nike and FedEx. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 7, 2022. On U.S. exchanges 9.81 billion shares changed hands, compared with the 11.16 billion average for the last 20 sessions.
☆ Wall Street jumps with help from Nike, FedEx and consumer sentiment
  + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Sinéad Carew Ankika Biswas | Sinéad Carew | Ankika Biswas | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
FedEx Corp (FDX.N), which sparked a market selloff in September after pulling financial forecasts, provided financial guidance and announced plans for $1 billion cost cuts. U.S. consumer confidence rose to an eight-month high in December as inflation retreated and the labor market remained strong while 12-month inflation expectations fell to 6.7%, the lowest since September 2021. It's been helped by upbeat corporate commentary and an improvement in consumer confidence," said Angelo Kourkafas, investment strategist at Edward Jones in St Louis referring to Nike and FedEx. The smallest gainer among the sectors was consumer staples (.SPLRCS) but it was still up 1%. The S&P 500 posted 5 new 52-week highs and 3 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 49 new highs and 211 new lows.
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