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Indices in US end higher Mon; Dow Jones hits record high
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Equity Alert: Indices in US end higher Mon; Dow Jones hits record high
MUMBAI--0742 IST--Major equity indices in the US ended higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting an all-time high. The tech-laden NASDAQ Composite also ended higher, snapping a five-session losing streak, as investors assess the ongoing US-Venezuela tensions.
The gains were led by energy stocks, which investors believe stand to gain from the US attack on the South American country, CNBC reported. Shares of Chevron jumped 5.1% due to its presence in Venezuela. Shares of oilfield companies such as Halliburton and SLB gained 7.8% and nearly 9%, respectively, CNBC said. This was due to expectations that these companies would support the rebuilding of energy infrastructure in Venezuela.
US President Donald Trump called upon oil companies to spend billions of dollars to improve the infrastructure of the Latin American country. "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies — the biggest anywhere in the world — go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure," Trump said at a news conference Saturday, according to a report by CNBC. Shares of defence companies General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin gained 3.5% and 2.9%, respectively, after the recent attacks on Venezuela showed the US president might rely on quick military strikes as a key part of his policy to deal with geopolitical issues, CNBC reported.
Shares of Tesla ended over 3% higher after recording a fall for seven consecutive sessions, according to a report by Reuters. Shares of Nvidia fell 0.4%, while those of Apple fell 1.4%. The S&P 500 Financial index rose 2.2% as investors look towards upcoming quarterly reports. Shares of JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs hit record highs, Reuters reported. Shares of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase ended nearly 4% and 3% higher, respectively.
US manufacturing activity fell to a 14-month low in December with a Purchasing Managers' Index reading of 47.9, against 48.2 in November, Reuters reported. A reading below 50 shows contraction in manufacturing. Investors will now await non-farm payrolls data on Friday, which could bear weight on the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy in 2026, Reuters said.
Following are the closing levels of US indices Monday:
|
Index |
Level |
Change in % |
|
S&P 500 |
6902.05 |
0.64 |
|
NASDAQ Composite |
23395.822 |
0.69 |
|
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
48977.18 |
1.23 |
(Akshat Saksena)
US$1 = INR 90.28
IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT
Edited by Avishek Dutta
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