Wall Street rises as data points to accelerating economy
DJ: 21,144.18 +135.53 NAS: 6,246.83
+48.31 S&P: 2,430.06
+18.26 6/1
(Reuters) U.S. stocks advanced on Thursday, with each
of the major U.S. indexes notching record highs, after a batch of economic data
suggested the economy was picking up speed.
The ADP private sector employment report showed 253,000 jobs were added
in May, well above the 185,000 estimated by economists polled by Reuters.
The report could signal a strong
government payrolls report on Friday that includes hiring in both public and private
sectors, which would cement expectations for an interest rate hike by the
Federal Reserve in two weeks.
"More
than anything it is employment data driven, it was such a resounding uptick
over expectations," said Paul Springmeyer, investment managing director at
the Private Client Reserve at U.S. Bank in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"It
bodes well for the Fed; certainly the numbers are very, very high in terms of the likelihood
of that (hike) coming through for June."
Forecasts are for 185,000 nonfarm jobs
created in May.
In
addition to the ADP data, a separate report showed factory activity ticked up in May after two
straight months of slowing.
San
Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said on Wednesday that
while he sees three interest rate hikes this year as his baseline scenario,
four rate increases would also be appropriate if the economy got an unexpected
boost.
Fed
Governor Jerome Powell, an influential policymaker, told CNBC that he expects
three rate hikes this year.
Forecasts
from Fed officials suggest that a median of two more hikes are planned before
the end of the year.
Traders
are currently pricing in an 88.9-percent chance of a quarter-percentage-point
rate hike at the U.S. central bank's June 13-14 meeting, according to Thomson
Reuters data.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 135.53
points, or 0.65 percent, to end at 21,144.18, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 18.26
points, or 0.76 percent, to 2,430.06 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 48.31
points, or 0.78 percent, to 6,246.83.
Gains
were broad, with each of the 11 major S&P sectors on the plus side, led by
gains in materials .SPLRCM, up 1.09 percent and healthcare .SPXHC, up 1.18
percent.
Deere's
(DE.N) shares were up
1.8 percent to close at $124.70 after the farm and construction major said it
would buy privately held German road construction company Wirtgen Group for
$5.2 billion, including debt.
Hewlett
Packard Enterprise (HPE.N) dropped 6.9
percent to $17.52 as the biggest drag on the S&P 500 after the company
reported a steep fall in quarterly revenue.
Palo
Alto Networks (PANW.N) jumped 17.2
percent to a more than four-month high of $138.99 after the cybersecurity
company's profit forecast topped expectations.
Advancing
issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 4.73-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq,
a 3.03-to-1 ratio favored advancers.
The
S&P 500 posted 28 new 52-week highs and 11 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite
recorded 82 new highs and 70 new lows.
About
6.89 billion shares
changed hands in U.S. exchanges, compared with the 6.72 billion daily
average over the last 20 sessions.
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