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US indices end mixed Thu; Dow Jones ends lower after 2-day rise
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Equity Alert: US indices end mixed Thu; Dow Jones ends lower after 2-day rise
MUMBAI--0740 IST--The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite ended slightly higher Thursday due to heightened hopes of a cut in key interest rates by the US Federal Reserve at its meeting next week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index, which closed with gains in the previous two sessions, ended slightly lower. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indices ended higher for the eighth time in last nine sessions.
Market participants tracked the latest weekly jobless claims numbers, which showed jobless claims for the week ended Nov. 29 totalled a seasonally adjusted 191,000, down 27,000 from the prior week and below the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 220,000, CNBC reported.
Traders are now pricing in an 87% chance of an interest rate cut at the US Federal Reserve's meeting this month, higher than a near 67% chance a month ago, according to the CME Fedwatch tool.
"Everybody's waiting around to see what the Fed thinks with any of this data that they've seen come in because the last comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell were a little bit on the hawkish side, but cuts are fully expected," Reuters reported, quoting Mike Dickson, head of research and quantitative strategies at Horizon Investments, as saying.
Shares of Amazon fell over 1%, which limited further advance in the S&P 500 index. The company said it was in discussions with the US Postal Service about their future relationship and was considering its options before its contract expires next year, Reuters reported.
Among the 11 major sectors in the S&P 500 index, the consumer staples index was the worst performer. This was led by a near 5?ll in Kroger Co. after the supermarket chain narrowed its annual sales forecast and missed quarterly sales estimates, Reuters reported. The US-based Snowflake fell nearly 12?ter the cloud data analytics company's fourth-quarter product revenue forecast was below the growth expectations of investors.
Meta Platforms rose over 3% following a Bloomberg report that the Facebook parent planned cuts of up to 30% of its Metaverse budget, Reuters reported. Hormel Foods advanced almost 4% after the company forecast annual profit above estimates.
Following are the closing levels of US indices Thursday:
| Index | Level | Change in % |
| S&P 500 | 6857.12 | 0.11 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 23505.14 | 0.22 |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 47850.94 | (-)0.07 |
(Arundathi A R)
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Edited by Avishek Dutta
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