The major US indices are closing higher for the 2nd consecutive day. Having said that, the gains were relatively modest as traders await the Fed decision tomorrow.
The final numbers are showing:
Closing changes for the main European bourses:
Citi confirmed a trading error on its desk was responsible for the flash crash yesterday. Once the market has figured out what happened, it cleans up the mess quickly.
Bloomberg terminal story notes:
Its not clear if its Jack Ma of Alibaba. BABA shares were cut by around 9% but have since rebounded somewhat.
The Wall Street Journal report on a paper from a “former top Fed staffer”.
Link to the article here, it is gated though.
MS on the S&P500, analysts think the index has downside to at least 3800 in the ‘near term’ and possible to 3460
MS adds note the S&P 500 real earnings yield is the most negative since the 1950s and that to them this
MS have been on the right side of the slide of the index so far.
The major US indices looked like they may start the month of May off the way they ended the month of April – with declines across the board. The Dow industrial average is down -1.6%. The S&P was down -1.69% and the NASDAQ was down -1.07% in the New York afternoon. However, buyers entered, and erased the declines and closed nearer the high levels of the day.
At the closing bell:
The Federal Reserve will meet on Wednesday and are expected to increase rates by 50 basis points.
Since their last meeting decision on March 16:
That is some headwinds for the market, but inflation remains an unknown, housing continues have supply/demand imbalances (although getting better) and the Fed is behind the curve in getting rates to neutral (2% to 2.5%).
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