U.S. stocks on Wednesday staged a powerful intraday turnabout that resulted in all three indexes finishing in positive territory after sharp early losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed over 100 points higher, or 0.3%, to reach about 34,417.
U.S. stocks on Wednesday staged a powerful intraday turnabout that resulted in all three indexes finishing in positive territory after sharp early losses. Stock-market investors have been buffeted lately by a surge in energy prices, notably natural-gas futures NG00, -9.81%, heightening fears about a surge in inflation that might prompt the Federal Reserve to act sooner to end market-accommodative policies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average [: DJIA] closed over 100 points higher, or 0.
For the Nasdaq Composite it was the biggest intraday turnaround since March 25, while it was the biggest intraday comeback for the Dow since Dec. 21, 2020, according to Dow Jones Market Data. A rise in yields, with the benchmark 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, 1.527% reaching 1.57%, initially weighing on markets, but those rate moves subsided somewhat later in the session and reports about a possible detente between the GOP and Democrats set the stage for a mini comeback.
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