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Equities Roundup: IT Stocks Push Eminis, Nasdaq to New Highs

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  • Stocks remain well bid after this morning's May CPI data showed lower than expected inflation, helping S&P Eminis and Nasdaq indexes mark new all time highs (5,453.5 and 17,677.45 respectively), Dow still off mid-May breach of 40,000) as rate cut expectations gained momentum. Won't change this afternoon's FOMC rate decision, but Chairman Powell is sure to be asked about forward guidance in light of the new data.
  • Currently, the DJIA is up 115 points (0.3%) at 38863.12, S&P E-Minis up 58.25 points (1.08%) at 5442.5, Nasdaq up 303.9 points (1.8%) at 17648.09.
  • Information Technology and Real Estate sectors outperformed in the first half, hardware and semiconductor makers supporting the former, Oracle +10.45% after better than expected earnings & revenue growth, Skyworks +6.08%, Autodesk +5.25%, Intuit +5.16%.
  • Estate management shares buoyed the Real Estate sector: CBRE Group +3.25%, CoStar Group +2.44%.
  • Energy and Consumer Staples sectors underperformed in the first half, oil & gas shares weighing on the former: Marathon Petroleum -3.10%, Valero -2.85%, Phillips66 -1.95%.
  • Retail distribution shares weighed on Consumer Staples: Dollar General -2.17%, Monster Beverage -1.84%, Kroger and JM Smucker both -1.80.
  • Notable earnings releases after today's close: Broadcom, Adobe and Lennar Group late Thursday.

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