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Stocks Soar as Fed’s Aggressive Rate Cut Encourages Risk-On Sentiment

Barchart - 28 minutes ago

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up by +1.56%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +1.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up by +2.32%.

Stocks today are sharply higher, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials posting new all-time highs and the Nasdaq 100 climbing to a 4-week high. Stocks are rallying worldwide after the Fed cut interest rates by -50 bp on Wednesday. The Fed’s -50 bp rate cut and projections for another -50 bp of rate cuts this year have bolstered speculation the Fed will engineer a soft landing and sparked risk-on sentiment for asset markets. Stocks maintained their gains today despite an increase in bond yields after US weekly initial unemployment claims fell more than expected to a 4-month low, a hawkish factor for Fed policy.

US weekly initial unemployment claims fell -12,000 to a 4-month low of 219,000, showing a stronger labor market than expectations of 230,000.

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Best Value Stocks to Buy for September 19th

Zacks Investment Research - 6 minutes ago

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, September 19th: Cerence CRNC: This company which provides A.I. powered assistants and innovations...

5 AI Giants to Watch at Attractive Prices Amid Fed's Big Rate Cut

Zacks Investment Research - 6 minutes ago

On Sept. 18, in its FOMC meeting, the Fed reduced the benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points, marking the first cut of the Fed Fund rate since March 2020. Although the first rate cut was certain in...

Chesapeake Energy's Merger Deal to Close Early in Q4 2024

Zacks Investment Research - 6 minutes ago

Chesapeake Energy Corporation CHK has announced that the pending merger with Southwestern Energy SWN is anticipated to close early in the fourth quarter of this year. Chesapeake Energy had announced the...

Lockheed Finishes Risk Reduction Test for TPY-4 Radar: Time to Buy?

Zacks Investment Research - 6 minutes ago

Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT recently completed the risk reduction testing for the TPY-4 radar, thereby making progress in the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (“3DELRR”) program. Notably,...

Petrobras Shifts Focus to Oil and Gas, Reveals New Strategic Plan

Zacks Investment Research - 6 minutes ago

Brazil's state-owned energy giant, Petrobras S.A. PBR has unveiled its new strategic plan that will mark a shift toward a greater emphasis on oil and gas exploration and production as the company seeks...

Fed Trims Rates by 50 bps: 3 Utilities to Add to Your Portfolio

Zacks Investment Research - 6 minutes ago

The U.S. Federal Reserve has finally lowered the benchmark rate by 50 basis points, bringing down rates to a range of 4.75%-5% from the 5.25%-5.5% range. The rates were lowered for the first time in four...

Barchart Sectors Heat Map

Sectors sorted by Daily Weighted Alpha Change Full List

Sectors sorted by Daily Weighted Alpha Change

Sectors Top 100 Stocks +8.43

Computer - Software +6.13

Building - Residential & Comm +5.86

Semi Analog & Mixed +5.25

Building & Construction - Misc +4.90

Utility - Electric Power -0.39

ETFS - Taxable Bonds -0.39

Advertising Marketing Services -0.51

Indices S&P 500 Utilities -0.88

Business Services -0.99

Today's Performance Leaders

Today's Price Surprises

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Today's New Highs & Lows

	HIGHS	LOWS	DIFF
5-Day	1,493	264	1,229
1-Month	718	70	648
3-Month	383	43	340
6-Month	283	33	250
52-Week	238	24	214
YTD	247	28	219

Top Performing Sectors

Sector	5-Day Chg
Building - Residential & Comm	+20.04
Building Products - Wood	+15.51
Building & Construction - Misc	+15.46
Finance - Mortgage & Rel Svs	+15.12
Banks - Major Regional	+13.85

S&P Sectors Market Map

Information Technology	+3.22%
Consumer Discretionary	+2.00%
Communication Services	+1.81%
Energy	+1.37%
Industrials	+1.21%
Materials	+1.05%
Financials	+0.94%
Health Care	+0.38%
Consumer Staples	-0.45%
Real Estate	-0.69%
Utilities	-1.08%

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S&P 500 $SPX was up 23.38% between the last Fed Rate hike and today's Fed Rate Cut. That is the largest pause rally in history! https://t.co/i0KoEpI9eO

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Federal Reserve Governor Miki Bowman is the first Fed Governor to vote against an interest rate decision in almost 20 years https://t.co/8FKmfOP6tK

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Sugar soars to highest price since April 🍭 https://t.co/NtLo1AdxFn

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BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Dollar Index $DXY falls below 100 for the first time since July 2023 https://t.co/Vkq6RNjJV5 https://t.co/AVQRHOoBJ9

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Fund Manager allocation to commodities is at its lowest level since June 2017 👀 https://t.co/1YVIeR7gSs

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JUST IN 🚨: Gold jumps to new all-time high https://t.co/QoZoWTjmj1 https://t.co/9nkrugm4gm

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Small Cap Stocks $IWM getting sent 🚀 https://t.co/lcg5n79Ml5

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Tech Stocks jumping $QQQ after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 bps https://t.co/uCKn2TISb9

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JUST IN 🚨: Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by 50 bps https://t.co/sm3tILTzRK

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