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Wall Street set for bounceback but recession risk keeps investors cautious
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By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Stocks on global indexes rose sharply on Tuesday, with Wall Street bouncing following its recent selloff, while the Japanese yen fell against the U.S. dollar to its lowest level since October 1998.
U.S. stock indexes climbed as investors returned from a long weekend, with mega-cap growth and energy companies up sharply.
Expectations of interest rate hikes from major central banks and worries about a global recession have kept investors on edge. Central banks are expected to tighten policy to combat high inflation.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 593.18 points, or 1.98%, to 30,481.96, the S&P 500 gained 98.72 points, or 2.69%, to 3,773.56 and the Nasdaq Composite added 355.18, or 3.29%, to 11,153.53.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.44% and MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe gained 2.12%.
“The market already in a sense may have priced in a shallow recession…You had negative GDP in Q1, so it is possible that the second quarter is negative, in which case the recession could potentially be in the rear-view mirror,” said Thomas Hayes, managing member of Great Hill Capital in New York.
All eyes are now on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony to the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday for clues on rates.
Goldman Sachs has said it now thinks there is a 30% chance of the U.S. economy tipping into a recession over the next year, up from its previous forecast of 15%.
In the foreign exchange market, the Japanese yen plunged against the U.S. dollar to its lowest level in almost 24 years at 136.330 per dollar.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the central bank should maintain its current ultra-loose monetary policy. This makes it an outlier among other major central banks.
U.S. Treasury yields were slightly higher as the risk-off mode that weighed on U.S. markets last week took a breather.
Benchmark 10-year yields were at 3.297%, up from their 3.239% close at the end of last week.
U.S. crude recently rose 2.35% to $112.13 per barrel and Brent was at $115.98, up 1.62% on the day.
Spot gold added 0.1% to $1,839.80 an ounce.
(Additional reporting by Elizabeth Howcroft in London; also by Devik Jain and Anisha Sircar; Editing by Louise Heavens, Chizu Nomiyama and Mark Heinrich)
Monetary policy refers to the actions taken by a country's central bank to control the money supply and interest rates to achieve macroeconomic goals such as controlling inflation, consumption, growth, and liquidity.
Foreign exchange, or forex, is the global market for trading national currencies against one another. It is the largest financial market in the world, facilitating international trade and investment.
An investment portfolio is a collection of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, and cash equivalents, managed to achieve specific investment goals while balancing risk and return.
Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services rises, eroding purchasing power. Central banks attempt to limit inflation to keep the economy running smoothly.
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