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Equity Alert: Indices in US end higher; shares of Warner Bros up over 6%

 

MUMBAI--0740 IST--Benchmark equity indices in the US ended higher Friday after the release of the September core personal consumption expenditures price index data, which was lower than economists' expectations. This has increased the investors' expectations of key interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in the meeting, due this week. Market participants now price in an over 88% chance of a 25-basis-point rate cut by the US Fed Reserve, which was higher than a 70% chance a month ago, according to CME FedWatch tool.

 

"The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, indicated a 0.2% monthly rise while the annual rate was 2.8%," CNBC reported. The annual rate was 2.9% in August, according to the CNBC report.

 

 

Building materials provider CRH, Carvana, and Comfort Systems will join the S&P 500 index on Dec. 22, CNBC reported, quoting S&P Global. Shares of Carvana Co. rose 0.2%.

 

Shares of Warner Bros Discovery rose over 6?ter Netflix agreed to buy its TV, film studios, and streaming division for $72 billion, ending weeks-long bidding war, Reuters reported. Shares of Netflix closed 2.9% lower.

 

The S&P 500 healthcare index fell after a group of vaccine advisers scrapped a longstanding recommendation that all US children receive a hepatitis B shot at birth, according to a Reuters news report.

 

"Investors are looking ahead to next week. We get a little bit more in the way of economic data ... but all eyes will be on the Fed meeting on Wednesday, and right now there's a very high likelihood the Fed will cut rates by another quarter point," Reuters reported, quoting Michael Sheldon, vice president and senior portfolio manager at Washington Trust Wealth Management, as saying.

 

Ulta Beauty rose nearly 13?ter the beauty retailer raised its annual sales and profit forecasts, Reuters reported.

 

Market participants will watch for the earnings results of Lululemon, Costco, Broadcom, Oracle, and Adobe, due this week, CNBC reported. They also priced in an over 88% chance of a 25-basis-point rate cut by the US Fed Reserve, which was higher than a 70% chance a month ago, according to CME FedWatch tool.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Friday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6870.4	0.19
NASDAQ Composite	23578.13	0.31
Dow Jones Industrial Average	47954.99	0.22

 

(Arundathi A R)

 

US$1 = INR 89.98

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury 

 

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