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US mkt ends down; FOMC outcome, Microsoft, Amazon results eyed
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Equity Alert: US mkt ends down; FOMC outcome, Microsoft, Amazon results eyed
MUMBAI--0740 IST--US equity indices closed slightly lower Tuesday ahead of policy decision from the Federal Reserve, which is due late Wednesday. Sentiment was also weak due to some disappointing corporate earnings. S&P 500 snapped the six-day streak of ending at record highs.
Traders will also keep an eye on whether the US and China will come to a win-win conclusion with respective tariffs as talks between both in Stockholm ended without major announcement. US President Donald Trump is to take the final call on whether the tariff truce for China will be extended, various media reports said. The trade truce between both the countries will end on Aug. 12.
The S&P 500 index ended at 6370.86, down 18.91 points or 0.3%, and snapped six-day winning streak. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 21098.291, down 80.293 points or 0.4%. Both the indices have closed at record highs in several sessions recently. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.5% lower.
Among stocks, Boeing ended over 4% lower despite its net loss for the June quarter narrowing. UnitedHealth dropped 7.5?ter its profit guidance disappointed the Wall Street. Merck closed down 1.7?ter it said it was extending its pause on shipments of HPV vaccine Gardasil to China at least till 2025 due to persistent weakness in demand for the drug.
"Earnings have been a bit of a mix. Economic data has been somewhat mixed too, but not enough to move the needle in terms of the Fed," Reuters quoted Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder in New York, as saying. "The next two days, you have Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Amazon - those are big companies, and they will move markets depending on how the earnings are and how the outlooks are."
Following are the closing levels of US indices Wednesday:
| INDEX | LAST LEVEL | CHANGE IN % |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 44632.99 | (-)0.46 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 21098.29 | (-)0.38 |
| S&P 500 | 6370.86 | (-)0.3 |
(Gopika Balasubramanium)
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