
BoA has tracked signs of the upcoming stock market sell-off. While more expensive and at-risk stocks are set to fall, value stocks should survive.
On Friday, US equities rebounded following a firm payrolls report as well as remarks from Fed Chair Jerome Powell who suggested that the Fed would be quite flexible with its monetary policy.
All three key American stock indexes more than just recovered ground lost in the broad sell-off on Thursday, tacking on by over 3% and setting up the indexes to report weekly profits at the end of the first week of 2019.
As for technology equities SPLRCT, they led the charge, soaring by 4.3%, rebounding from the previous session's worst day for the sector for more than seven years.
According to the Labor Department's employment report, in December, the American economy generated up to 312,000 new jobs, which is far more than the 177,000 expected by experts.
Powell had market nerves soothed with assurances that the key financial institution appears to be sensitive to risks that worry traders and it’s not on a preset path of interest rate lifts.
News that next week China and America would hold trade negotiations in Beijing assisted tariff-vulnerable industrials to lead the Dow's surge, headed by United Technologies Corp, Caterpillar Inc, Boeing Co, 3M Co, and United Technologies Corp.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to inch up by 3.13% being worth 23,396.9. As for the S&P 500, it tacked on by 3.19% reaching 2,525.95, while the Nasdaq Composite surged by 4.15% trading at 6,731.99.
All 11 key sectors of the S&P 500 found themselves in positive territory, with communications services, consumer discretionary, materials, and technology equities boasting the greatest percentage profits.
As for Apple equities, they went up by 3.9% and led the tech sector's rally as the iPhone manufacturer started recovering ground lost after Wednesday’s warning of a holiday quarter profit shortfall.
Netflix managed to inch up by 8.8%.
BoA has tracked signs of the upcoming stock market sell-off. While more expensive and at-risk stocks are set to fall, value stocks should survive.
On Saturday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Johnson&Johnson’s vaccine for emergency use against Covid-19. Will JNJ rise?
Twitter reported encouraging earnings results. Cisco's earnings beat estimates, but revenue declined for the fifth quarter in a row.
Great news for oil bulls! OPEC and its allied producers agreed to expand output cuts for the next month.
The USD skyrocketed after Fed Powell’s speech. OPEC and allied producers agreed to extend production cuts for another month. Oil surged.
The European Central Bank publishes its monetary policy statement that includes an announcement of the interest rate on March 11, at 14:45 MT time.
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