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Post by bot on Nov 28, 2018 20:02:54 GMT -5
Dow ends more than 600 points higher after Fed's Powell says rates near neutral
Stocks ended sharply higher Wednesday, rallying after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, in an eagerly awaited speech, said interest rates were "just below" the range of estimates of the neutral level that neither slows nor speeds economic growth. The remarks were interpreted by investors as a sign that the end of the rate-hike cycle may be nearer than previously indicated, though economists argued that such an interpretation reads too much into Powell's remarks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended around 618 points higher, up 2.5%, near 25,367, according to preliminary figures, while the S&P 500 advanced 2.3% to around 2,744. The Nasdaq Composite finished 2.9% higher near 7,291.59.
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