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IntroductionBy Yasin Ebrahim-- The S&P 500 swung between gains and losses Wednesday as the Federal Reserve lifte ...
By Yasin Ebrahim
-- The Which platform app is the best for foreign exchange trading?S&P 500 swung between gains and losses Wednesday as the Federal Reserve lifted interest rates for a fourth time in a row.
The fell 0.62% or 203 points, the was down 1.48%, and the fell 1.01 %.
The Fed its benchmark rate by 0.75%, and suggested that future hikes will face a higher threshold, but Fed chairman Jerome Powell pushed back against the idea of a Fed pause.
“[I]t is very premature to be thinking about pausing,” Powell said in a press conference on Wednesday. “We have a ways to go,” the Fed chief added, though he did tee up the idea of slowing the pace of rate hikes at future meetings.
The somewhat hawkish remarks from Powell cooled the earlier optimism following the release of the monetary policy, which has “changed significantly,” from the prior statement, Stifel said in a note, adding that it was a “clear signal that wave of 75bp hikes is over.”
remained in red but moved off session lows, putting pressure on rate-sensitive sectors including tech.
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:), Microsoft (NASDAQ:) were down more than 1%, while Amazon.com (NASDAQ:) slipped nearly 3%.
Semiconductor stocks were also pushed lower as Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:) gave up some gains after reporting and guidance that missed analysts’ expectations.
Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ:), meanwhile, fell more than 10% as fourth-quarter guidance that fell just short of estimates overshadowed that beat on the bottom line.
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