Finance
Stocks hit record highs after strong economic data
The Dow hit an all-time high Wednesday, and the S&P 500
flirted with a record close, as Wall Street eyed robust economic
data. US government bond yields surged, with the 10-year rising
to peaks not seen since July 2011. The dollar edged higher.
Here’s the scoreboard:
Dow
Jones industrial average: 26,827.07 +53.13 (0.20%)
S&P
500: 2,925.59 +2.16 (0.074%)
Nasdaq
Composite: 8,022.54 23.00 (0.29%)
- Employment numbers in the US flew
past expectations last month. Private
payrolls notched their largest gain in seven months in
September, an ADP employment report showed, with companies
adding 230,000 jobs. The upbeat data comes a day after Amazon
announced it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour,
another sign of a tight labor market. - Activity in the US services sector rose to the
highest level on record. Boosted by increased
spending leading up to the end of the fiscal year, the
Institute for Supply Management said its nonmanufacturing
activity index surged to 61.6 in September (A reading above 50
indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 indicates
contraction). - Oil
prices jumped to near four-year highs. As the
US prepares to enact oil sanctions against Iran in November,
some analysts think prices could hit $90 a barrel as global
supply tightens. Crude had tumbled in earlier trading
after the Energy Information Administration reported the
largest buildup of US crude this year. -
Turkey’s inflation rate hit its highest point
since President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was elected 15 years ago.
T
he central bank
reported
prices
in the country rose 24.5% in September from a year earlier, as
a currency crisis continues to unfold in the
country.
And a look at the upcoming economic calendar:
- Employment data are out in the US and Canada.
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