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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high on Wall Street, even as losses for Big Tech companies pulled the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite lower

U.S. stocks rallied closer to their records after the head of the Federal Reserve finally said out loud what Wall Street has been expecting for a while: Cuts to interest rates are coming soon to help the economy

US stock market indexes — S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite — will aim to trade in positive on Monday the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell claimed that the central bank will cut its key policy rate in September. Next week, the data-dependent Fed will have a raft of economic indicators to consider ahead of its September rate decision, including the Commerce Department's revised second-quarter GDP and its broad-ranging Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report, which includes the Fed's preferred inflation yardstick, the PCE price index. Also Read: Beyoncé fails to appear at DNC, many Democrats particularly millenials are outraged

US stock market indexes S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq composite on Friday traded at record heights at Wall Street after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted at interest cuts. The S&P 500 rose 1.1 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 462 points, or 1.1 per cent, to close above the 41,000 level for the first time since it set its own record in July, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.5 per cent. The S&P 500 rose 63.97 points to 5,634.61. The Dow jumped 462.30 to 41,175.08, and the Nasdaq composite gained 258.44 to 17,877.79. The index pulled within 0.6 per cent of its all-time high set last month and has clawed back virtually all of its losses from a brief but scary summertime swoon.

World shares gained on Friday, just shy of all-time highs, while the dollar languished around one-year lows after the Powell speech. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Avg rose 0.73%, to 41,011, S&P 500 gained 0.65%, to 5,606 and Nasdaq Composite gained 0.9%, to 17,778. Europe's broad Stoxx 600 index rose 0.5% after Asian shares outside Japan had nudged down 0.1%, but Japan's Nikkei gained 0.4%. US Treasury yields fell across the board with benchmark US 10-year notes dipping 5.4 bps to 3.808%, from 3.862% late on Thursday. The dollar turned lower and sterling rose to its highest in more than two years. The euro gained to $1.1179, up 0.6% on the day, hitting a one-year high.

U.S. stocks closed lower as Wall Street counted down to its main event for the week, a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell coming up on Friday

Stocks closed lower in the run-up to Wall Street’s main event for the week, a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell coming on Friday

U.S. stocks closed higher after more big companies delivered profit reports that topped analysts’ expectations

Wall Street on Wednesday witnessed range-bound trading after investors parsed a steep downward revision in payrolls, and the release of the minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Reserve, which cemented expectations for a September rate cut.

U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady after more big companies delivered profit reports that topped analysts’ expectations

U.S. stocks ticked lower and snapped an eight-day winning streak, the longest of the year

U.S. stocks climbed, and Wall Street pulled closer to its record heights following its roller coaster of a summer

Stocks closed higher, tacking on some more gains following Wall Street’s best week of the year

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22.0 points, or 0.05%, at the open to 40,874.52. The S&P 500 fell 5.4 points, or 0.10%, at the open to 5,602.88, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 27.7 points, or 0.15%, to 17,849.087 at the opening bell.

US stock market indexes traded higher on Monday as Wall Street and S&P 500 posted longest winning streak since November. S&P 500 rose 54.00 points to 5,608.25. The Dow Jones gained 236.77 to 40,896.53, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 245.05 to 17,876.77. This came after the index's best week of the year. S&P 500 rallied 1 per cent for its eighth straight gain. That clinched its It’s back to within 1 per cent of its all-time high after falling close to 10 per cent below the mark earlier this month. Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 236 points, or 0.6 per cent, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.4 per cent.

US stock market indexes Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Dow Jones are likely to trade higher on Monday as encouraging data eased recession worries following a brutal sell-off in Wall Street earlier in August. The S&P 500 has rebounded more than 6 per cent since August 5, when a steep drop pushed the benchmark the US index to its biggest three-day slide in over two years. A rapid return to calm was also evident in the Cboe Volatility Index, or Wall Street's «fear gauge,» which has retreated from last week’s four-year highs at a record pace, as per a Reuters report. Some of 2024's biggest winners have staged strong rebounds since August 5. Chipmaker Nvidia has bounced more than 20 per cent, while the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index has gained more than 14 per cent. Small-cap shares, which had been strong performers in July, have also recovered from recent lows, with the Russell 2000 up nearly 5 per cent, Reuters reported.

Nifty managed to end with 1% gains in the holiday-shortened week, led by IT and consumer durables. When markets resume trading on Monday, a host of important domestic and global events lined-up during the holiday-truncated week are likely to impact them. On Friday, Nifty ended with an uptick of 400 points or 1.7% at 24,541.

economic data helped soothe fears of a recession in the world's largest economy. On Wall Street, stocks extended their biggest weekly percentage gains of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up about 0.25% — bringing its weekly gain to 2.7% — while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both increased 0.2%; they were up about 3.7% and 5% on the week, respectively.

₹2,606.18 crore, while their foreign counterparts or FIIs net purchased shares worth ₹766.52 crore . Overall, investor wealth increased by ₹7.3 trillion, per exchange data, on fresh buying and short covering (closing out bearish derivatives bets). Veteran money managers said the bullish sentiment is likely to continue despite quarterly earnings being in line.

U.S. stocks drifted higher as Wall Street coasted to the close of its best week since November

Japanese stocks are leading gains in world markets after Wall Street close to its record heights as data showed the U.S. economy is holding up better than expected