American indicators showed growth and reached new record levels at the auction on Monday. Thus, The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 0.26%, the NASDAQ Composite added 0.63%, and the S&P 500 - 0.18%. It should be noted that the S&P 500 index showed excellent dynamics last month.
Investors are still most interested in the corporate reporting of companies for the third quarter. As of now, 50% of the companies that make up the S&P 500 indicator have already published reports. The incomes of 80% of them turned out to be higher than experts predicted.
This week, the US Federal Reserve will hold a meeting, according to the results of which investors hope to receive information about the increase in prices caused by inflation, which has reached record levels over the past 30 years. Traders are concerned about the situation with rising inflation and expect to start fighting it. Investors are also interested in how soon the Fed will start raising interest rates.
Statistics show that the indicator of business activity in the industrial sector in the United States last month fell to 60.8 from 61.1 points reached a month earlier. According to analysts' forecasts, the indicator should have dropped to 60.3 points.
The value of Harley-Davidson Inc. securities increased by 9.1% due to information about the agreement reached between Europe and the United States regarding steel and aluminum fees.
Shares of XPeng Inc. rose 2.7% due to information about the tripling of electric vehicle shipments last month. The company managed to increase its turnover, despite problems with components (semiconductors).
Despite a 27.5% reduction in the supply of Nio Inc. electric cars last month, the company's shares gained 3.6% in price.
Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. rose 4.8% due to the growth in ticket sales last month, which was the highest since the beginning of last year.
Investors' attention is focused on Tesla Inc., whose securities increased by 8.5% because the company's capitalization exceeded $ 1 trillion in the previous week. This contributed to the growth of the S&P 500 consumer services sector by 1.5%.
Brent crude futures gained 1.2% and reached $84.71 per barrel.
It should be noted that the consolidated European STOXX Europe 600 indicator showed an increase of 0.7%, the Japanese Nikkei 225 indicator added 2.6%, but other Asia-Pacific indices declined: Hang Seng - by 0.9%, Shanghai Composite - by 0.1%.
