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U.S. stocks rise after better than expected inflation report

Published 11/15/2022, 09:55 AM
Updated 11/15/2022, 10:26 AM
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By Liz Moyer

Investing.com -- U.S. stocks jumped after new data on producer prices in October provided another sign that inflation is cooling.

At 10:24 ET (15:24 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 273 points or 0.8%, while the S&P 500 was up 1.5% and the NASDAQ Composite was up 2.4%.

The Labor Department's report on producer prices index rose 8% for the year ending in October, which is below the 8.3% expected and below September’s reading.

Coming after last week's lower than expected consumer price index, the report is giving fresh hope for a lower interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve next month. The idea of a smaller rate hike is something Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard suggested in remarks on Monday.

The market is betting on a 91% chance of a half-percentage point rate hike at the Fed's December meeting, Reuters reported. That would come after four consecutive increases of 0.75 percentage points.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) shares rose 12% after the disclosure that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKb) had taken a more than $4 billion stake.

The biggest U.S. retailer, Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), raised its full-year forecast for net sales and said it had approved a new $20B share repurchase plan. Its shares rose 7.4%.

Meanwhile home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) shares rose 0.7% after it topped expectations but kept the full-year forecasts unchanged.

Oil fell. WTI was down 0.8%, to $85.16 a barrel, while Brent crude was down 0.8% to $92.39 a barrel. Gold was flat at $1776.

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