New York: Following Europe down before the Fed minutes, the S & P 500 -0.6% – Dagens Industri

New York: Following Europe down before the Fed minutes, the S & amp; P 500 -0.6%

                  2015-08-19 16:16
             

 (SIX) stock exchanges on Wall Street opens lower on Wednesday after more  steep declines in Europe and Japan. The market awaits Federal  Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting, which could provide a  indication of the date of an upcoming rate hike.       "Investors are nervous about the global and comprehensive picture of the  takes some profit-taking as they wait to see what  will happen in the future. Share Declines in Asia and  emerging markets are contributing to the negative sentiment, while the  macroeconomic signals have been mixed. Meanwhile there is a  big question mark surrounding the Fed's minutes today, "said Heinz-Gerd  Sonnenschein at Deutsche Postbank Bloomberg before opening.       Blue Chip index Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 16:09  down by 0.7 percent to 17,385. The broader index S & amp; P 500 fell  by 0.6 percent to 2084 while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell  by 0.5 percent to 5033.       The interest rate on  the ten-year bond was up 1 basis point to 2.21  percent while trettioårsräntan rose 1 basis point to 2.87 percent.       20:00 published the monetary policy meeting  The Federal Reserve's latest meeting in late July.       Earlier in the day said Fed member Narayana Kocherlakota to  the US economy would face a serious risk of  the rate is raised in the near future. His colleague James Bullard argued  again for the US central bank will raise interest rates.       Before the stock market opening was released in the US CPI statistics  July. Consumer price indices rose by 0.1 percent in July compared  to the previous month. Core CPI rose +0.1 percent over the same  period.       The market had anticipated that both CPI and core CPI would be up  by 0.2 percent.       On the company front, Lowe's reported a growth in retail sales  which was above market expectations, according to Reuters. Company  repeated full year prospects. Lowe's up 1.1 percent.        Trade chain Target delivered an interim result that struck  expectations on both earnings and sales - only one day  after rival Wal-Mart missed expectations and lowered  the forecast for its full year. Target's shares climb 4.5 percent higher.       Palatin Technologies shot up 9.5 percent after  Sector colleague Sprout Pharmaceuticals has become the first company to get  a treatment for lack of libido in women approved of the  US drug authority. Although Palatin develops  sexdriftsbehandling for women.       Technology company Analog Devices rose 4.7 percent after a  Interim Report where both earnings and sales exceeded  expectations for the fourth quarter in the company's split  financial year.    Indices Listing Today This year    DJIA 17,385 -0.7% -2.5%  The Nasdaq Composite 5033 -0.5% + 6.3%  S & amp; P 500 2 084 -0.6% + 1.2%    S & amp; P 500 Consumer 627 -0.1% + 9.5%  S & amp; P 500 Consumer Staples 508 -0.8% +1.6%  S & amp; P 500  Energy 498 -1.1% -15.0%  S & amp; P 500 Financial 337 -0.7% +1.2%  S & amp; P 500 Health Care 298 -0.5% +1.0%  S & amp; P 500 Workshop 465 -0.8% -4.3%  S & amp; P 500 IT 705 -0.5% + 1.9%  S & amp; P 500 Materials 283 -0.9% -7.2%  S & amp; P 500 Telecommunications 151 -0.4% -0.8%  S & amp; P 500 Power 230 -0.3% -4.1%        Mattias Magnusson  mailto: mattias.magnusson@six-group.se  www.blogg.six.seSIXNews  SIX News