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Wall Street holds steady at Wednesday's open after a bad Tuesday for the S&P 500 and Dow
Posted: 10/4/2023 By: news.google.com
- Wall Street is holding steadier Wednesday after the bond market relaxed its vise a bit on the stock market
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 51 points, or 0.2%, a day after wiping out its gains for the year so far
- The high yields undercut stock prices by pulling investment dollars away from stocks and into bonds
- On Wall Street currently, the hope is for a cooling job market because that may mean less upward pressure on inflation
- Benchmark U.S. crude fell 2.9% to $86.68 per barrel
- It’s been pulling back since topping $93 last week
- Asian stocks tumbled more, coming off the prior day’s sharp losses from Wall Street
- Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index sank 2.3%, South Korea’s Kospi dropped 2.4% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng skidded 0.8%.