Monday, July 24, 2023

Stocks rise to kick off big week with earnings, Fed decision: Stock market news today

This will be a big week for earnings with over 150 S&P companies reporting. This is also the week for the big Fed policy decision on future rate hikes. The Dow added 175 points for its 11th straight day of gains. The Nasdaq and S&P had modest gains as investors bide their time for more critical news. Per the CBOE, volume came in quite light at 9.5 billion. (And it’s getting harder and harder to find these daily market summaries!)    


Stocks rise to kick off big week with earnings, Fed decision: Stock market news today

 

Karen FriarDani Romero and Hamza Shaban

Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 4:04 PM EDT1 min read   Yahoo Finance

DJ: 35,227.69  +2.51        NAS: 14,032.81  -30.50        S&P: 4,536.34  +1.47       7/21

DJ: 35,411.24  +183.55    NAS: 14,058.87  +26.06      S&P: 4,554.64  +18.30     7/24


Stocks rose to kick off the week as investors bided their time waiting for a crucial week of earnings to kick off and for a key policy decision from the Federal Reserve.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) led the way higher, moving over 0.5%, or more than 175 points — its 11th straight day of gains. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) added around 0.4%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) added 0.2%.

Earnings season moves into high gear this week, with over 150 companies on the S&P 500 on the docket. Eyes are on Big Tech results from Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), and Meta (META), given the Nasdaq was dragged down by second quarter reports from Tesla (TSLA) and Netflix (NFLX) last week.

THE TAKEAWAY

Stocks rose on Monday as investors bided their time waiting for a crucial week of earnings to kick off and for a key policy decision from the Federal Reserve.

Investors are also bracing for the Fed's interest rate decision at the end of its policymaker meeting on Wednesday, widely expected to deliver a hike. The question on minds is whether the central bank stays hawkish and signals more raises are likely, and what that means for the odds of the US economy avoiding a recession.

 


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