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Stock Buyers Power Biggest S&P 500 Rally Since May: Closing Bell
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10:52Now PlayingWatch comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Scarlet Fu, Carol Massar and Matt Miller.
A renewed wave of dip buying lifted stocks, with traders sifting through solid earnings amid bets the Federal Reserve will soon cut rates. Bonds saw small moves ahead of a heavy slate of US debt sales.
The rebound in risk appetite drove the S&P 500 up 1.5%, its biggest rally since May. Almost every major group in the US equity benchmark advanced, and about 85% of its companies closed higher. Tech megacaps, which bore the brunt of the recent selling, led gains on Monday. Nvidia Corp. and Meta Platforms Inc. climbed at least 3.5%. The Russell 2000 index of small firms added 2.1%.
S&P 500 earnings are crushing second-quarter expectations — up 9.1%, triple the pre-season forecast and the strongest beat rate since 2021, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence.
Action in the bond market was fairly muted as the US is set to auction $125 billion of new three-, 10- and 30-year debt this week. The dollar was little changed. Oil fell as traders took stock of OPEC+’s latest bumper supply increase while Donald Trump vowed to penalize India for buying Russian crude.
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