{"id":114586,"date":"2017-10-12T07:30:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T11:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=114586"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:55:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:55:38","slug":"us-stocks-rise-after-fed-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/10\/us-stocks-rise-after-fed-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"US stocks rise after Fed minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"
October 12, 2017<\/div>
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SP 500, Dow and Nasdaq close at records<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

US stocks<\/b>\u00a0closed at record highs on Wednesday after Fed minutes revealed some policy makers advocated cautious approach to further rate hikes. The dollar weakened: the\u00a0live dollar index<\/a>\u00a0data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar\u2019s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, retreated 0.3% to 92.955. The\u00a0S&P 500<\/a>\u00a0rose 0.2% settling at a record 2555.24. The\u00a0Dow Jones<\/em>added 0.2% to new record high 22872.89 led by gains in Johnson & Johnson and McDonalsd\u2019s.\u00a0Nasdaq\u00a0<\/em>composite gained 0.3% to fresh record high 6603.55.<\/p>\n

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Treasury yields inched higher as Fed September 20 meeting minutes showed majority of Federal Open Market Committee\u2019s members were in favor of one more rate increase this year. At the same time some members wanted to see further economic data before another rate hike. While Federal Reserve\u2019s stance was seen less hawkish than previously expected, markets still see a third rate hike coming in December: fed funds futures traders are pricing in an 87% chance of a quarter-percentage point rate increase in December, according to CME Group\u2019s FedWatch tool. Outgoing Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said Wednesday the central bank doesn’t see an unsustainable bubble building in asset prices. Kansas City Fed President Esther George reiterated her stance that waiting for inflation to hit the central bank\u2019s 2% inflation target would be a mistake, while Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, a voting member, said a December interest rate increase wasn\u2019t a sure thing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Spanish stocks recover<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

European stocks\u00a0<\/b>ended little changed on Wednesday as concerns about Catalonia secession subsided. Both the\u00a0euro\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0British Pound\u00a0<\/em>extended the winning streak against the dollar. The Stoxx Europe 600 index was flat. Germany\u2019s\u00a0DAX 30\u00a0<\/em>gained 0.2% to 12970.68. France\u2019s\u00a0CAC 40\u00a0<\/a>slipped less than 0.1% and UK\u2019s\u00a0FTSE 100\u00a0<\/em>edged lower 0.1% to 7533.81. Indices opened mostly lower today.<\/p>\n

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Spanish stocks recovered as investor confidence was boosted after Catalonia\u2019s leader Puigdemont told the parliament late Tuesday he still intends to declare independence for the Spanish region but was suspending the secession process to allow negotiations with the central government in Madrid first. Spain\u2019s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday demanded that the Catalan leader clarify whether he declared independence in his speech before parliament. No major economic data were released Wednesday in euro-zone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Asian markets mixed<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Asian stock indices<\/b>\u00a0are mostly higher today.\u00a0Nikkei\u00a0<\/em>rose 0.3% to 20952.00 as yen climbed against the dollar. Chinese stocks are mixed: the\u00a0Shanghai Composite Index\u00a0<\/em>is 0.02% lower while Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0Hang Seng Index\u00a0<\/em>is up 0.3%. Australia\u2019s All Ordinaries Index added 0.3% despite stronger Australian dollar against the greenback.<\/p>\n

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Oil lower ahead of US inventory data<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Oil futures prices\u00a0<\/b>are falling today as the American Petroleum Institute industry group reported late Wednesday US crude stocks rose by 3.1 million barrels to 468.5 million barrels last week. Prices ended higher yesterday after OPEC raised its forecast for growth in global demand for oil for this year and 2018 by around 30 thousand barrels a day from its previous demand increase forecast. December Brent crude rose 0.6% to $56.940 a barrel on Wednesday on ICE Futures exchange in London.<\/p>\n

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