Dow rally drives Wall St higher as rate-cut hopes stay strong
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June retail sales stronger than expected
BofA profit beats expectation
UnitedHealth rises after Q2 profit beats estimates
Match up on report activist investor Starboard built stake
Indexes up: Dow 0.97%, S&P 0.36%, Nasdaq 0.18%
Updated at 9:56 a.m. ET/ 1356 GMT
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Ankika Biswas
July 16 (Reuters) - The Dow led Wall Street's main indexes higher on Tuesday, boosted by UnitedHealth's strong results and as unexpectedly robustretail sales data signaled a still-resilient U.S. economy, but did little to dampen rate-cut bets.
UnitedHealth Group UNH.N jumped 4.3% following a second-quarter profit beat, lifting the blue-chip Dow .DJI and the S&P 500 Health Care index .SPXHC to all-time highs.
Among other corporate earnings, Bank of America BAC.N jumped3.6% after an upbeat netinterest-income forecast and better-than-expected second-quarter profit, steering the S&P 500 Financials index .SPSY to a record high.
Morgan Stanley MS.N fell1% after its wealth management revenue missed estimates, while Charles Schwab SCHW.N slumped7% after posting lowernet income.
A Commerce Department report showed retail sales were unchanged in June, when they were expected to fall 0.3%, while retail sales minus automobiles jumped 0.4%, versus forecasts of a flat reading.
However, traders are fully pricing in a rate reduction by September, with the odds of a 25-basis-point cut standing at 93%, according to the CME's FedWatch tool.
"Investors, at first, were likely disappointed because it might not assist in helping the Fed make a decision about cutting rates. But at the same time, it's offering comfort that the U.S. economy is not headed toward recession anytime soon," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist, CFRA Research.
"The momentum trade will likely continue, especially with a broadening into the smaller cap companies within the U.S. investor marketplace."
The small-cap Russell 2000 index .RUT jumped 2% to its highest level since January 2022, as investors continue to move away from heavily weighted tech stocks, which have driven much of Wall Street's rally this year.
Strong betson a rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve inSeptember and a second term for presidential candidate Donald Trump followingan assassination attempt had prompted an upbeat start to the week for Wall Street.
However, Trump-linked stocks retreated after Monday's rally, with Trump Media & Technology Group DJT.O and software firm Phunware PHUN.O losing between 3% and 8%.
Markets read itas a dovish signal when Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said on Monday that the latest economic data "add(s) somewhat to confidence" that inflation was returning to the central bank's 2% target.
At 9:56 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 388.12 points, or 0.97%, at 40,599.84, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 20.10 points, or 0.36%, at 5,651.32, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 33.73 points, or 0.18%, at 18,506.29.
Among top megacap movers, Nvidia NVDA.O was down 1.6%, while Amazon.com AMZN.O rose 1%.
The S&P 500 Communication Services index .SPLRCL jumped 1%, led by an8.3% rise in Tinder-owner Match MTCH.O, after a report that activist investor Starboard has a stake of over 6.5% in the company and was pushing for a possible sale if a turnaround wasn't successful.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 3.67-to-1 ratio on the NYSE, and by a 3.10-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P index recorded 53 new 52-week highs and three new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 200 new highs and 16 new lows.
Reporting by Lisa Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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