Analysts are assessing whether the market has fallen enough given the aggressive intentions of the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy and raise interest rates. It is possible that the stock market has already found a bottom after finishing eight of the last nine sessions in the red. Fresh data on changes in consumer prices (CPI index) in the US will be published on Friday.
Meanwhile, some traders point out that trading has become quieter of late. According to Oanda's senior market analyst, Craig Erlam, we are entering a phase where a significant increase in interest rates is priced in. A significant slowdown in economic growth is also included in prices. Analysts are still seeing intraday volatility, but it seems to have stabilized.
The value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 17:12 GMT + 2 increased by almost 1% - up to 33216.96 points. Among the components of the index, the leading gainers were International Business Machines, which gained 2.4%, Salesforce Inc. - by 2.1% and Visa Inc. - on 2%.
The Standard & Poor's 500 has risen 1.4% since the market opened to 4165.47 points.
The value of the Nasdaq Composite index increased by 1.8% and reached 12227.64 points.
Apple Inc. stock quotes. increase by 1.9%. The company is holding a developer conference from June 6 to 10, where new products can be presented.
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. traded at triple digits on Monday for the first time since October 2017, after the world's largest online retailer conducted a 20-to-1 stock split. At the beginning of trading, the price of the company's securities jumped 4.3% to $127.56.
Cost of soft drink maker Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. and semiconductor supplier ON Semiconductor Corp. soared 4.5% and 5.5% respectively on the news that their shares will be included in the calculation of the S&P 500 index.
JetBlue Airways Corp. submitted an improved purchase offer to Spirit Airlines' board of directors, urging the airline to start negotiations. The share price of JetBlue is growing by 1.3%, Spirit Airlines - by 5.2%.
At the same time, Twitter shares are down 4% after Elon Musk publicly demanded that the company provide more information about the fake accounts of social network users. Musk's representatives wrote a letter to Twitter management and made it public through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the letter, they accused the company of refusing to provide the requested access to the data and stated that this could lead to the termination of the deal.
