As Wall Street prepared to close off a challenging month, stocks shook on Thursday after four straight days of advances.
43 points, or 0.1%, were lost by the Dow. While the Nasdaq retreated 0.01%, the S&P 500 decreased by 0.1%.
The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq have all had successful sessions recently, giving investors hope for the future. These increases assisted the important indices in reducing their monthly losses. All three benchmarks have fallen more than 1% this month, although they have recently trended up as traders anticipate a rally in the last few days of August.
The latest data on U.S. inflation were examined by traders on Thursday. According to estimates from experts surveyed by Dow Jones, the core personal consumption expenditures index rose 0.2% month over month and 4.2% year over year in July. The Federal Reserve pays special attention to the core PCE as a measure of inflation.
According to Jeffrey Roach, chief economist at LPL Financial, “markets are taking the inflation report in stride.” “Despite some disappointing facts in today’s report, it is unlikely that the Fed would alter its decision to maintain unchanged interest rates at the September meeting.”
Source (CNBC)
