{"id":152588,"date":"2019-08-01T08:52:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T12:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=152588"},"modified":"2019-08-01T08:52:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T12:52:03","slug":"equities-retreat-as-fed-cuts-rates-but-rules-out-significant-easing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/08\/equities-retreat-as-fed-cuts-rates-but-rules-out-significant-easing\/","title":{"rendered":"Equities retreat as FED cuts rates but rules out significant easing"},"content":{"rendered":"
August 1, 2019<\/div>
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By IFCMarkets<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dollar strengthens despite Fed\u2019s stopping of quantitative tightening<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

US stock indexes <\/b> retreat deepened on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates quarter point but indicated this was not \u201cthe beginning of a long series of rate cuts.\u201d The S&P 500<\/a> fell 1.1% to 2980. The Dow Jones <\/em> industrial average lost 1.2% to 26864. Nasdaq <\/em> composite index tumbled 1.2% to 8175. The dollar strengthening accelerated despite Fed statement it would stop reducing its $3.6 trillion in bond holdings starting August 1, two months ahead of schedule. The live dollar index<\/a> data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar\u2019s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, jumped 0.6% to 98.59 and is higher currently. Stock index futures point to mixed market openings today<\/p>\n

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DAX 30 lead European indexes rebound<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

European stocks <\/b> paused their retreat on Wednesday ahead of US Federal Reserve interest rate decision. EUR\/USD <\/em> joined GBP\/USD\u2019s <\/em> continued slide yesterday with both pairs falling currently. The Stoxx Europe 600 edged up 0.2%. Germany\u2019s DAX 30 <\/em> rose 0.3% to 12189.04. France\u2019s CAC 40<\/em> inched up 0.1% but UK\u2019s FTSE 100 <\/em> slid 0.8% to 7586.78.<\/p>\n

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Nikkei rises while other Asian indexes fall<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Asian stock indices<\/b> retreat slowed today as US-China trade negotiations concluded in Shanghai with no major breakthrough with talks expected to continue in Washington in September. However China did agree to buy more US agricultural products. Nikkei <\/em> however managed to end 0.1% higher at 21540.99 with yen accelerating its slide against the dollar. Chinese stocks are falling despite Caixin report China’s manufacturing improved in June: the Shanghai Composite Index <\/em> is down 0.8% and Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index <\/em> is 0.6% lower. Australia\u2019s All Ordinaries Index extended its losses 0.4% as Australian dollar climb against the greenback resumed.<\/p>\n

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Brent <\/a> gains after seventh straight weekly decline is US inventories<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Brent futures prices <\/b> are inching higher today. Prices rose yesterday after the Energy Information Administration report US crude inventories dropped by above expected 8.5 million barrels last week while gasoline inventories fell by 1.8 million. October Brent crude rose 0.7% to $65.05 a barrel on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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By IFCMarkets Dollar strengthens despite Fed\u2019s stopping of quantitative tightening US stock indexes retreat deepened on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates quarter point but indicated this was not \u201cthe beginning of a long series of rate cuts.\u201d The S&P 500 fell 1.1% to 2980. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 1.2% to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152588"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152596,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152588\/revisions\/152596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}