Benzinga - by Akanksha Bakshi, Benzinga Editor.
On Wednesday, September 27, U.S. stock markets ended mixed, with investors oscillating between bargain hunting and concerns over increased Treasury yields and interest rate uncertainties.
Additionally, a potential U.S. government partial shutdown due to legislative divisions kept investors on edge.
In the S&P 500 sectors, utilities, sensitive to rates, saw the largest decline at 1.9%. Conversely, energy surged 2.5% as Brent crude surpassed $97 a barrel.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower by 0.20% at 33,550.27. The S&P 500 saw a slight gain of 0.02%, settling at 4,274.51, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.22% to conclude at 13,092.85.
Asia Markets Today
- Japan’s Nikkei 225 concluded Thursday’s session settling lower by 1.48% at 31,851.00. The decline was fueled by worries about overextended U.S. monetary tightening and investors selling off stocks after locking in dividend rights before the fiscal first half concludes.
- Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.08% and closed at 7,024.80, driven by a slump in consumer stocks. An unanticipated decline in the monthly retail sales figures triggered this downturn.
- China’s Shanghai Composite closed the session higher by 0.10% at 3,110.48, and the Shenzhen CSI 300 declined 0.30%, ending at 3,689.52.
- Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Stock Exchange fell 1.15% to close at 17,351.00.
- Property stocks took a significant hit, with the suspension of trading for the troubled developer, China Evergrande, leading the downturn.
- The European STOXX 600 index was down 0.38%.
- Germany’s DAX declined 0.25%.
- France’s CAC 40 slid 0.14%.
- European stocks declined for the sixth day, with energy stocks limiting losses. Investors await Germany’s inflation data.
- The U.K.’s FTSE 100 traded lower by 0.72%.
- Crude Oil WTI was trading higher by 0.02% at $93.72/bbl, and Brent declined 0.23% to $94.12/bbl.
- Natural Gas slid by 0.66% to $2.880.
- Gold was trading higher by 0.14% at $1,893.55, Silver rose 0.44% to $22.828, and Copper increased by 1.20% to $3.6790.
Dow futures fell 0.18%, S&P 500 futures were lower by 0.19%, and Nasdaq 100 futures declined by 0.31%.
Forex at 05:45 AM ET
The U.S. Dollar Index was down 0.21% to 106.43. USD/JPY fell 0.27% to 149.23, and AUD/USD decreased by 0.55% to 1.5653.
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