U.S. Stocks Regain Ground Following Yesterday’s Tech Sell-Off
28 Janeiro 2025 - 6:44PM
IH Market News
After seeing considerable weakness in the previous session,
stocks showed a strong move back to the upside during trading on
Tuesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the way higher after posting a
particularly steep loss on Monday.
The Nasdaq surged 391.75 points or 2.0 percent to 19,733.59,
partly offsetting the 3.1 percent plunge seen during yesterday’s
session. The S&P 500 (SPI:SP500) also jumped 55.42 points or
0.9 percent to 6,067.70, while the narrower Dow rose 136.77 points
or 0.3 percent to 44,850.35.
The strength on Wall Street came as some traders looked to pick
up technology stocks at somewhat reduced levels following the
sell-off seen in the sector during Monday’s trading.
Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) soared by 8.8 percent after the
AI darling and market leader plunged by 17% in yesterday’s
session.
Buying interest was somewhat subdued, however, as traders looked
ahead to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy announcement on
Wednesday.
The Fed is almost universally expected to leave interest rates
unchanged, but traders are likely to pay close attention to the
accompanying statement for clues about the outlook for rates.
Recent economic data has led to concerns about the Fed leaving
rates on hold for a prolonged period, but many economists still
expect the central bank to resume cutting rates sometime in the
first half of the year.
CME Group’s FedWatch Tool is currently indicating a 74.5 percent
chance rates will be lower by at least a quarter point following
the Fed’s June meeting.
In U.S. economic news, a report released by the Commerce
Department unexpectedly showed a steep drop by new orders for U.S.
manufactured durable goods in the month of December amid a nosedive
by orders for transportation equipment.
The Commerce Department said durable goods orders plunged by 2.2
percent in December after tumbling by a revised 2.0 percent in
November.
Economists had expected durable goods orders to climb by 0.8
percent compared to the 1.2 percent slump that had been reported
for the previous month.
However, excluding the steep drop by orders for transportation
equipment, durable goods orders rose by 0.3 percent in December
after edging down by 0.2 percent in November. Ex-transportation
orders were expected to increase by 0.4 percent.
The Conference Board also released a report showing its U.S.
consumer confidence index decreased from a notably upwardly revised
level in January.
The report said the consumer confidence index slid to 104.1 in
January from an upwardly revised 109.5 in December.
Economists had expected the consumer confidence index to climb
to 106.3 from the 104.7 originally reported for the previous
month.
Sector News
Software stocks turned in some of the market’s best performances
on the day, resulting in a 3.0 percent surge by the Dow Jones U.S.
Software Index.
Considerable strength was also visible among brokerage stocks,
as reflected by the 1.3 percent gain posted by the NYSE Arca
Broker/Dealer Index.
Semiconductor and networking stocks also regained ground
following yesterday’s sell-off, while airline stocks showed a
significant move to the downside, dragging the NYSE Arca Airline
Index down by 2.4 percent.
Oil producer, commercial real estate and pharmaceutical stocks
also saw notable weakness, partly offsetting the strength in the
aforementioned sectors.
Other Markets
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific
region moved mostly lower, with several major markets closed for
holidays. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index slumped by 1.4 percent, while
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index edged down by 0.1 percent.
Meanwhile, the major European markets ended the day mixed. While
the French CAC 40 Index slipped by 0.1 percent, the U.K.’s FTSE 100
Index rose by 0.4 percent and the German DAX Index climbed by 0.7
percent.
In the bond market, treasuries gave back ground as traders
looked ahead to the Fed announcement on Wednesday. Subsequently,
the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of
its price, rose 2.3 basis points to 4.551 percent.
Looking Ahead
Early trading on Wednesday may be somewhat subdued as traders
look ahead to the Fed’s monetary policy announcement in the
afternoon.
SOURCE: RTTNEWS
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