S&P 500 barely rises as investors await key results, jobs data, Fed meeting
Tesla rallies after Morgan Stanley adds stock to 'top pick' list
McDonald's rises on strong up-take of $5-meal deal
Crypto stocks reverse earlier gains
Indexes: Dow off 0.12%, S&P up 0.08%, Nasdaq up 0.07%
Updates with closing prices, data
By Sinéad Carew and Ankika Biswas
July 29 (Reuters) -The S&P 500 closed barely higherafter Monday's choppy trading sessionas investors held their breath ahead of a raft of big technology company earnings, a Federal Reserve policy decision on interest-rate cuts and key US labor data, all due this week.
Quarterly reports from market heavyweights such as Microsoft MSFT.O and Apple AAPL.O, Meta META.O and Amazon.com AMZN.O this week will offer clues on whether technology stocks are vulnerable or can extend their recent rallies.
Investors are hoping that the Fed will end its meeting on Wednesday with a signal that it is preparing for a September rate cut in its policy verdict .
On Fridayinvestors will closely monitor the July non-farm payrolls report for signs of possible weakening in the labor market.
"Understandably we're wavering," said Mona Mahajan, principal and senior investment strategist at Edward Jones, pointing to the upcoming catalysts and Wall Street's Friday advance.
"Markets are largely in wait-and-see mode. We have big economic news this week, both the Fed meeting Wednesday and the jobs report on Friday. We also have huge earnings reports coming out of mega cap technology," she said.
Technology megacaps have dominated Wall Street's record-breaking run, prompting investors to recently turn their attention to laggards such as mid- and small caps, which are expected to benefit from a low-interest-rate environment.
"A lot of investors are keen to see whether the recent rotation we've been seeing in the markets has legs, or does mega cap technology really kind of shine through in its earnings reports," Mahajan added.
However, the small-cap Russell 2000 .RUT lost 1%after three straight weeks of gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI closed down 49.41 points, or 0.12% at 40,539.93 while the S&P 500 .SPX rose 4.44 points, or 0.08%, to 5,463.54. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC advanced 12.32 points, or 0.07%, to 17,370.20.
Among the S&P 500's 11 major industry sector indexes, consumer discretionary .SPLRCD was the benchmark's biggest boost with the sector's biggest contribution fromTesla TSLA.O as the electric vehicle maker's stock rallied after Morgan Stanley added it to its "top pick" U.S. autos' list.
The biggest percentage decliner among the major sectors was energy .SPNY, which lost 0.9% asoil prices fell.
McDonald's MCD.N shares closed up 3.7% after it said its $5-meal deal, launched late in June, was popular among customers shying away from higher-price items. As a result the fast food giant reported a surprise drop in sales, itsfirst in 13 quarters.
Abbott Laboratories ABT.N shares pared earlier losses to close down 0.4% after a jury ordered the healthcare company to pay $495 million in damages following a trial that found its formula for premature infants had caused a dangerous illness.
Crypto stock trading was also choppy with Coinbase Global COIN.O closing down more than 3% whileRiot Platforms RIOT.O and Marathon Digital MARA.O finished down more than 5%after jump early in the day whenbitcoin BTC= prices hit seven-week highs.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 1.24-to-1 ratio on the NYSE where there were 268 new highs and 47 new lows.
On the Nasdaq, 1,485 stocks rose and 2,731 fell as declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 1.84-to-1 ratio. The S&P 500 posted 35 new 52-week highs and two new lows. The Nasdaq Composite recorded 120 new highs and 80 new lows.
On U.S. exchanges 9.96 billion shares changed hands compared with the 11.16 billion moving average for the last 20 sessions.
Reporting by Sinéad Carew, Caroline Valetkevitch, Stephen Culp in New York, Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai and Richard Chang
Mga Kaugnay na Asset
Pinakabagong Balita
Disclaimer: Ang mga kabilang sa XM Group ay nagbibigay lang ng serbisyo sa pagpapatupad at pag-access sa aming Online Trading Facility, kung saan pinapahintulutan nito ang pagtingin at/o paggamit sa nilalaman na makikita sa website o sa pamamagitan nito, at walang layuning palitan o palawigin ito, at hindi din ito papalitan o papalawigin. Ang naturang pag-access at paggamit ay palaging alinsunod sa: (i) Mga Tuntunin at Kundisyon; (ii) Mga Babala sa Risk; at (iii) Kabuuang Disclaimer. Kaya naman ang naturang nilalaman ay ituturing na pangkalahatang impormasyon lamang. Mangyaring isaalang-alang na ang mga nilalaman ng aming Online Trading Facility ay hindi paglikom, o alok, para magsagawa ng anumang transaksyon sa mga pinansyal na market. Ang pag-trade sa alinmang pinansyal na market ay nagtataglay ng mataas na lebel ng risk sa iyong kapital.
Lahat ng materyales na nakalathala sa aming Online Trading Facility ay nakalaan para sa layuning edukasyonal/pang-impormasyon lamang at hindi naglalaman – at hindi dapat ituring bilang naglalaman – ng payo at rekomendasyon na pangpinansyal, tungkol sa buwis sa pag-i-invest, o pang-trade, o tala ng aming presyo sa pag-trade, o alok para sa, o paglikom ng, transaksyon sa alinmang pinansyal na instrument o hindi ginustong pinansyal na promosyon.
Sa anumang nilalaman na galing sa ikatlong partido, pati na ang mga nilalaman na inihanda ng XM, ang mga naturang opinyon, balita, pananaliksik, pag-analisa, presyo, ibang impormasyon o link sa ibang mga site na makikita sa website na ito ay ibibigay tulad ng nandoon, bilang pangkalahatang komentaryo sa market at hindi ito nagtataglay ng payo sa pag-i-invest. Kung ang alinmang nilalaman nito ay itinuring bilang pananaliksik sa pag-i-invest, kailangan mong isaalang-alang at tanggapin na hindi ito inilaan at inihanda alinsunod sa mga legal na pangangailangan na idinisenyo para maisulong ang pagsasarili ng pananaliksik sa pag-i-invest, at dahil dito ituturing ito na komunikasyon sa marketing sa ilalim ng mga kaugnay na batas at regulasyon. Mangyaring siguruhin na nabasa at naintindihan mo ang aming Notipikasyon sa Hindi Independyenteng Pananaliksik sa Pag-i-invest at Babala sa Risk na may kinalaman sa impormasyong nakalagay sa itaas, na maa-access dito.
