Morgans AM: Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Morgans Financial Limited

The Dow and S&P500 extended declines into a fifth straight session, with stocks hitting their session lows in the closing hour of trading ahead of the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s latest two day monetary policy meeting - Dow lost -152-points or -0.50% to 30,364.83, its lowest settlement since 1 February, 2021. The index had climbed as much as +170-points earlier in the session and dropped as much -370-points. FedEx Corp rallied +14.41% (leading the Dow Transports index over >2% higher) to log its best day since 1986 after the economic bellwether announced that it would raise its quarterly dividend by more than >50% and add three new directors to its board. The broader S&P500 eased -0.38% to 3,735.48, logging its lowest settlement since 29 January, 2021 a day after entering official bear market territory. The S&P 500 has dropped -10.2% over the past five trading days, the worst percentage decline over that time span since March 2020, when the U.S. was first confronting the coronavirus pandemic, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The broader index now sits 22.1% below its 3 January record closing high. Utilities (down -2.58%) led nine of the eleven primary sectors lower. Information Technology (up +0.62%) and Energy (+0.07%) were the only two primary sectors to advance. The Nasdaq edged +0.18% higher. Oracle Corp rallied +10.41% after the Silicon Valley giant posted a better-than-expected fiscal fourth quarter result after the closing bell of the previous session. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 lost -0.39%.