Morning Action @ 7am – Monday, June 3rd 2024
# In early action, Gift Nifty is indicating a gap-up start (+528, 23270) as bulls aim for Nifty’s all-time-high at 23,111 driven by strong exit poll results
We suspect, the optimism shall continue till the judgement day (Tuesday, June 4th) with bullish investors anxiously awaiting with butterflies in the belly for the much-awaited poll results.
# This week, all eyes will also be on the outcome of three-day RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, to be wired on June 7th
# Long story short: Make hay while the sun shines.
7am GLOBAL UPDATE:
# GIFT Nifty 🇮🇳: (+528, 23270)
# Dow Futures: (+100, 38787)
# Nasdaq 100 Futures (+46, 18584)
# Nikkei (+456, 389634)
# Dow Jones (+575, 38686)
# Nasdaq (-2, 16735)
# Bovespa (-609, 122098).
EXACTLY HAPPENED AT WALL STREET IN FRIDAY’S TRADE:
# In Friday’s trade At Wall Street, the blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average (+1.5% at 38,686) and broader S&P 500 (+0.8% at 5,277) held their gains through the close as Salesforce (+7.5%) bounced back from Thursday's earning related drubbing.
# The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (-0.01% at 16,735), meanwhile, rallied back from a nearly 2% intraday decline but still ended in the red
# The Personal Consumption and Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, which measures consumer spending, was up 0.3% from March to April, matching what was seen the month prior and arriving in line with economists' predictions. The annual increase in the PCE index was also unchanged at 2.7%.
# Futures traders are pricing in a strong chance the Fed will keep interest rates steady at its June (99% probability) and July (85%) meetings. The odds of a quarter-point rate cut in September are currently at 47%, up from 45% one day ago.
# WTI crude oil prices are struggling at $77.67 per barrel amidst concerns over continued high interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
# COMEX Gold consolidates at $2,328.
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