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Equity Alert: US indices end lower ahead of key econ data report

 

MUMBAI--0737 IST--US indices ended lower as investors braced for key economic data reports that are due this week. The S&P 500 ended slightly lower Monday as some artificial intelligence stocks came under pressure. Investors opted for more sensitive areas to the economy, such as consumer discretionary and industrials. They also had positive optimism on healthcare shares. This came after the tech-heavy index Nasdaq and the S&P 500 finished the Friday session lower. 

 

Shares of Broadcom and Oracle declined more than 5% and 2%, respectively. Other tech majors such as Microsoft also suffered some losses, CNBC reported. On a weekly basis, the Dow Jones, which is less exposed to tech and AI stocks, rose 1.42% whereas the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq declined 0.44% and 2.07% respectively.

 

The economic data reports such as non-farm payrolls for November and October retail sales, due this week, could set the tone for the market. Economists forecast the non-farm payroll data to show addition of 50,000 jobs November, significantly lower than 119,000 jobs added in September, as per the CNBC report. Both these data reports will be released Tuesday. These reports were delayed due to the US government shutdown that took place earlier.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Monday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S%P 500	6816.51	(-)0.16
NASDAQ Composite	23057.41	(-)0.59
Dow Jones Industrial Average	48416.56	(-)0.09

 

(Adhithya Aji)

 

US$1 = INR 90.73 

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

 

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

All prices from National Stock Exchange, unless otherwise specified.

All percentage changes for share prices are rounded off to the nearest whole number; percentage changes for index values are rounded off to one decimal place.

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