Morgans AM: Thursday 29 September 2022

Morgans Financial Limited

The Dow and S&P500 snapped a six session losing streak, advancing for the first time since the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates again a week ago as Treasury yields retreated sharply and following a surprise intervention from the Bank of England (BoE) in the U.K. government bond market - Dow climbed +549-points or +1.88% to 29,683.74 a day after logging its lowest close since 12 November, 2020. The index settled 19.3% below its 4 January record close of 36,799.65. Apple Inc was the only Dow constituent not to advance, falling -1.27% after Bloomberg News reported that the company is dropping plans to boost production of its latest iPhones this year as a surge in demand failed to materialize. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said suppliers have been told to pull back from efforts to ramp up assembly of about 6M iPhone 14 units, settling on a goal of producing ~90M iPhone 14s by the end of the year, about the same as iPhone 13 production last year, and in line with an outlook that Bloomberg reported in August. Bloomberg added that sources said demand for the higher-priced iPhone Pro model was stronger than for the lower-priced models. Bloomberg had earlier reported that iPhone 14 sales were off to a sluggish start in China, down ~11% than comparable sales of the iPhone 13 last year. Home Depot Inc (up +5.02%) was the leading Dow performer, while Boeing Co (up +4.65%) and Caterpillar Inc (+3.28%) also traded strongly. The broader S&P500 gained +1.97%, snapping its longest losing streak since February 2020 and rebounding from its lowest settlement since 30 November, 2020. Energy (up +4.40%) at atop the primary sector leaderboard for a second straight session and led all eleven primary sectors higher. Chevron Corp rose +3.38% and Exxon Mobil Corp +3.64% and Occidental Petroleum Corp +4.92%. The technology-centric Nasdaq rallied +2.02%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 jumped +3.17%.