US: Wall St opens muted after hot PPI keeps smaller rate cut in view
WALL Street’s main indexes were subdued at the open on Thursday (Sep 12) as a hot producer prices reading kept a smaller 25-basis point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve firmly on the table.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4 point at the open to 40,862.11.
The S&P 500 rose 3.3 points, or 0.06 per cent, at the open to 5,557.48, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 18.4 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 17,413.889, at the opening bell. REUTERS
Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.
Share with us your feedback on BT's products and services
TRENDING NOW
Three Holland Village shophouses sold for S$70 million to Tat Lee Bank’s Goh family unit
About 1 in 7 Singapore families has income of at least S$30k a month; share almost doubled in 5 years
DBS completes US$1 billion significant risk transfer deal, a first for Singapore bank
Not in education, employment or training: Why more Hong Kong youths are opting out of work