Energy and tech stocks back Wall Street

Energy and tech stocks back Wall Street

On Tuesday, Wall Street's key indexes went up because Apple as well as chipmakers spurred tech stocks, while higher crude prices underpinned energy companies.

The profits showed up after two losing sessions, provoked by worries of decelerating global economic surge as well as an inversion of the American Treasury gain curve for the first time since 2007, which followed the Fed’s stunning about-face on interest rate lifts.

The tech sector managed to ascend by 0.50%, backed by profits in Apple Inc as well as chip makers, and the Philadelphia chip index also headed north by 0.50%.

Besides this, Apple rallied by 0.84%, a day after the iPhone maker uncovered its video streaming service, an online gaming arcade, and a credit card.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury gains dived from 15-month minimums and a monitored part of the gain curve happened to be less inverted.

In fact, stabilizing gains helped financials to head north by 0.23% and the sector was braced for snapping a five-day losing marathon, with the S&P banking sector adding 0.29%.

ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to ascend by 0.37% hitting 25,610.26. As for the S&P 500, it rallied by 0.48% reaching 2,811.88. The Nasdaq Composite jumped by 0.56% showing 7,679.99.

As for 10 of the 11 key S&P sectors, they surged, led by energy's 1.23% leap because crude headed north on OPEC supply cuts as well as hopes for lower American inventories.

Traders also closely watched US-China trade negotiations, with American statesmen going to Beijing for another round of high-level talks, expected to start on Thursday.

Financial markets also neglected downbeat consumer confidence numbers for March as well as housing data, which revealed that American homebuilding declined more than anticipated in February.

Similar

Apple event surprised traders
Apple event surprised traders

Every year in early autumn Apple holds its event where it presents new iPhones, Apple Watches, and iPads. This year wasn’t an exclusion. But yesterday’s presentation didn’t result in Apple stock growth, and here’s why.

Latest news

News for The Week
News for The Week

US stock markets started falling, while the US dollar is rising. What to expect from

Deposit with your local payment systems

Data collection notice

FBS maintains a record of your data to run this website. By pressing the “Accept” button, you agree to our Privacy policy.

Callback

A manager will call you shortly.

Change number

Your request is accepted.

A manager will call you shortly.

Next callback request for this phone number
will be available in

If you have an urgent issue please contact us via
Live chat

Internal error. Please try again later

Don’t waste your time – keep track of how NFP affects the US dollar and profit!

You are using an older version of your browser.

Update it to the latest version or try another one for a safer, more comfortable and productive trading experience.

Safari Chrome Firefox Opera