Market Pulse - Usa
US close: Stocks extend gains following Fed interest rate decision
Wall Street stocks closed higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve Bank enacted its second 0. 75 percentage point interest rate hike overnight as part of an effort to ease rampant inflation without bringing about a recession.
US open: Stocks head south following Fed decision, earnings
Wall Street stocks were in the red early on Thursday after the Federal Reserve Bank enacted its second 0. 75 percentage point interest rate hike overnight as part of an effort to ease rampant inflation without bringing about a recession.
US initial jobless claims decline by 5,000
Americans filed first-time unemployment claims at a slightly slower pace in the week ended 23 July, dropping by 5,000 to 265,000, according to the Department of Labor - short of expectations for a drop to 253,000.
US pre-open: Futures in the red following Fed interest rate decision
Wall Street futures were in the red ahead of the bell on Thursday after the Federal Reserve Bank decided to hike interest rates by 0. 75 points overnight.
US close: Stocks higher following Fed interest rate decision
Wall Street stocks closed firmly higher on Wednesday as investors digested another fat stack of corporate earnings and mulled the outcome of the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting.