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Equity Alert: US indices end mixed as investors assess Nov jobs report

 

MUMBAI--0740 IST--US indices, barring the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite, ended lower Tuesday. Nasdaq composite gained 0.2%. Investors assessed the November jobs report that was released on Tuesday, which came in better than expected. However, the unemployment rate came in at 4.6%, higher than economists' forecast of 4.5%, raising concern about the state of the US economy. The artificial intelligence stocks weighed on the S&P 500 index as investors continued to take profits from AI trade and move on to other areas of the market such as healthcare and utilities. 

 

The November jobs report showed an addition of 64,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.6%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists surveyed by the Dow Jones expected an addition of 45,000 jobs for the month, CNBC reported. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% which was above the economists' forecast of 4.5%, raising concern about the state of the US economy, as per the CNBC report. There are lower chances of another rate reduction by the US Federal Reserve at its upcoming policy meeting on Jan. 28 as the figures from CME FedWatch tool showed that 74.5% of investors expect interest rates to remain unchanged.

 

The S&P 500 index ended lower for the third consecutive session as key artificial intelligence stocks such as Broadcom, Oracles, and Microsoft extended losses. Health stocks fell 1.3% with Pfizer slipping 3.4%. The company forecast a challenging year ahead due to weaker sales of COVID-19 products and squeezed margins, Reuters reported. Nasdaq submitted paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to change the timing of the trade of stocks, as per the Reuters report.  

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Tuesday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6800.26	(-)0.24
NASDAQ Composite	23111.462	0.23
Dow Jones Industrial Average	48114.26	(-)0.62

     

(Adhithya Aji)

 

US$1 = INR 91.03

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

 

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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