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1. All three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.24% to 49,910.59 points, the S&P 500 rose 1.46% to 7,365.12 points, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 2.02% to 25,838.94 points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq continued to hit new highs. Disney rose over 7%, and Nvidia rose over 5%, leading the Dow Jones. The Wind U.S. Tech Big Seven Index rose 2.39%, with Google and Tesla rising over 2%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index rose 3.45%, with Baidu Group rising over 11% and Kingsoft Cloud rising over 8%. 2. All three major European stock indexes closed higher. The German DAX rose 2.12% to 24,918.69 points, the French CAC40 rose 2.94% to 8,299.42 points, and the UK FTSE 100 rose 2.15% to 10,438.66 points. 3. US Treasury yields fell across the board. The 2-year Treasury yield fell 7.02 basis points to 3.863%, the 3-year Treasury yield fell 7.66 basis points to 3.889%, the 5-year Treasury yield fell 8.06 basis points to 3.995%, the 10-year Treasury yield fell 7.62 basis points to 4.346%, and the 30-year Treasury yield fell 5.07 basis points to 4.935%. 4. Most London base metals rose, with LME tin up 9.27% to $54,330.0/ton, LME copper up 1.96% to $13,391.5/ton, LME zinc up 1.16% to $3,409.5/ton, LME lead up 0.03% to $1,973.0/ton, LME aluminum down 1.45% to $3,537.5/ton, and LME nickel down 2.25% to $19,200.0/ton. 5. The WTI crude oil futures contract closed down 5.93% at $96.21/barrel; the Brent crude oil futures contract fell 7.2% to $101.96/barrel. 6. International precious metals futures generally closed higher, with COMEX gold futures up 2.95% to $4,703.10/ounce and COMEX silver futures up 5.77% to $77.83/ounce.Market news: South Koreas Minister of Industry stated that investment plans related to the United States will be announced after June.OpenAI: Uber (UBER.N) uses OpenAI to power its AI assistant and voice capabilities.On May 7, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Qassem Ghalibaf stated in a televised address to the nation on May 6 that the "enemy" is attempting to exert economic pressure through a naval blockade and manipulate public opinion, aiming to undermine national unity and force Iran to surrender. He urged all levels of Iranian officials and the public to work together to counter this. Ghalibaf added that Iran does not underestimate the possibility of military attacks, especially terrorist attacks, but that the "enemy" plans to weaken Iran from within.May 7 - According to a source familiar with the matter, the Trump administration is exploring the use of oil resources beneath U.S. military bases and other Department of Defense facilities to replenish the nations dwindling emergency reserves. The source stated that no decision has yet been made regarding this potential move. This action comes as the U.S. government pledges to explore innovative ways to replenish the strategic petroleum reserve, which has been further depleted during the war with Iran.

S&P 500 And Nasdaq Complete A Bumpy Session With Gains As Inflation Data Looms

Aria Thomas

May 11, 2022 10:14

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Tuesday's closing prices for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were higher than those of the previous day, with large-cap growth stocks appreciating in the wake of the previous day's selloff as Treasury yields declined.


In tandem with yields, bank shares declined. The yield on benchmark 10-year notes fell from a three-year high to below 3 percent.


The Dow likewise closed lower, and the day's trading was bumpy, with key indexes fluctuating between gains and losses as investors anticipated the release of U.S. consumer price index and producer price index data on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.


Investors will search for indications that inflation is at its high.


The recent market decline has been fueled by concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may need to act more aggressively to combat inflation. Numerous additional worries have added to the tension.


Jake Dollarhide, chief executive officer of Longbow Asset Management in Tulsa, Oklahoma, stated, "It's basically fear-based selling."


"It can't just be that the Fed will raise interest rates to combat inflation, because we've seen this before," he said. According to Dollarhide, investors have been concerned about everything from interest rates and inflation to the war in Ukraine, supply chain issues, and China's COVID-19 lockouts.


Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares increased by 1.6%, boosting the S&P 500 and Nasdaq the most.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 84.96 points, or 0.26 percent, to 32,160.74, while the S&P 500 rose 9.81 points, or 0.25 percent, to 4,001.05 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 114.42 points, or 0.98 percent, to 11,737.67.


Technology and growth stocks, whose valuations are primarily dependent on future cash flows, have been among the hardest affected during the recent selloff. The Nasdaq is down almost 25% so far this year.


The technology sector of the S&P 500 increased 1.6% on the day and led all S&P 500 sector advances. The S&P 500 growth index increased by 0.9%, while the S&P 500 value index declined by 0.4%.


Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, stated that the U.S. economy would encounter turbulence as a result of the Fed's attempts to reduce inflation that is more than three times its target, and that recent stock market volatility will not dissuade policymakers.


In a speech on Tuesday addressing excessive inflation, Vice President Joe Biden said he was considering lifting Trump-era tariffs on China as a means of reducing prices for goods in the United States.


Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) shares jumped 1.7% after the company announced it will pay $11.6 billion to acquire Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. (NYSE:BHVN). Biohaven shares increased 68.4%.


Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) fell 8.7 percent as the workout equipment manufacturer cautioned the business was "thinly financed" following a quarterly revenue decline of 23.6 percent.


The volume on U.S. exchanges was 15.45 billion shares, compared to the average of 12.55 billion shares for the previous 20 trading days.


On the NYSE, declining issues outnumbered advancing ones by a ratio of 1.36 to 1; on the Nasdaq, the ratio was 1.34 to 1.


The S&P 500 had one new 52-week high and sixty-three new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded nineteen new highs and one thousand six hundred sixty-six new lows.

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