{"id":116919,"date":"2021-06-22T15:54:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=116919"},"modified":"2021-06-22T15:54:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:54:24","slug":"stocks-hover-below-record-highs-ahead-of-powell-testimony-on-feds-pandemic-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/stocks-hover-below-record-highs-ahead-of-powell-testimony-on-feds-pandemic-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks hover below record highs ahead of Powell testimony on Fed's pandemic response"},"content":{"rendered":"
David Dietze of Peapack Private Wealth Management reveals his best trades on ‘Making Money with Charles Payne’<\/p>\n
U.S. equity markets hovered just below record highs as investors awaited Capitol Hill testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. <\/p>\n
Ticker<\/th>\n | Security<\/th>\n | Last<\/th>\n | Change<\/th>\n | Change %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
---|---|---|---|---|
I:DJI<\/td>\n | DOW JONES AVERAGES<\/td>\n | 33975.2<\/td>\n | +98.23<\/td>\n | +0.29%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
SP500<\/td>\n | S&P 500<\/td>\n | 4241.05<\/td>\n | +16.26<\/td>\n | +0.38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
I:COMP<\/td>\n | NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX<\/td>\n | 14187.764106<\/td>\n | +46.28<\/td>\n | +0.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 14 points, or 0.04%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.05% and 0.01%, respectively. <\/p>\n The quiet morning comes a day after the major averages posted their biggest gains in at least a month, buoyed by comments from New York Fed President John Williams, who said the U.S. economy isn’t strong enough for the central bank to shift policy. <\/p>\n STOCK MARKET'S MOST POPULAR TRADE FACES 'PERFECT STORM'<\/strong><\/p>\n The Fed will remain in focus Tuesday as Powell will testify on lessons learned from the central bank’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n Ahead of Powell’s testimony, the benchmark 10-year yield held at 1.48% and was near its lowest level since the beginning of March. <\/p>\n In stocks, mega-cap technology companies, including Apple Inc. and Amazon Inc., were firm as bond yields remained in check. <\/p>\n Elsewhere, GameStop Corp. shares surged after the company said it raised $1.13 billion through the sale of 5 million shares. The company plans to use the proceeds for general purposes and to invest in growth initiatives. <\/p>\n Crypto-linked companies, like Riot Blockchain Inc. and MicroStrategy Inc., were under pressure as bitcoin slumped below $30,000 a coin and was on track to close at its lowest level this year. <\/p>\n In earnings, Plug Power Inc. reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss as revenue topped estimates. The company said it expects hydrogen prices to decline meaningfully during the second half of the year. <\/p>\n In commodities, West Texas Intermediate crude oil lost 28 cents to $73.38 a barrel and gold declined $8.30 to $1,774.60 an ounce. <\/p>\n OIL COULD HIT $100 A BARREL NEXT YEAR: BANK OF AMERICA<\/strong><\/p>\n Overseas trading was choppy. <\/p>\n In Europe, Britain’s FTSE 100 advanced 0.26%, while France’s CAC 40 and Germany’s DAX 30 fell 0.08% and 0.13%, respectively. <\/p>\n Japan’s Nikkei 225 outperformed in Asia, climbing 3.12%, as China’s Shanghai Composite rose 0.8% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slid 0.63%. <\/p>\n |