Power Breakfast: US Market Close Higher Despite Harsh Comments From Fed Minutes, Higher Rates For 'Some Time' Ahead
Zee Business Video Team | Updated: January 5, 2023 08:46 AM IST
US market closed higher despite Fed's harsh commentary. Dow rose 130 points amid trading in a range of 400 points. Whereas, NASDAQ rose 0.7 and the Russell 2000 jumped 1.25%. Bond yield slipped to 3.7%. Tesla's stock jumped 5%. Microsoft was down 5% after UBS downgrade. According to the minutes released by the US Federal Reserve, the high rates will remain at the upper levels for some time. It will take time to bring inflation down to 2%. The Fed will continue to raise rates further and the focus of the Fed will be on the data. There is no possibility of rate cut in 2023. Apart from this, the dollar index crossed 104. Crude oil slipped 5%.
