Wall St ends lower ahead of Jackson Hole, snapping multi-session rally
Palo Alto rises on upbeat forecast
Eli Lilly rises as weight-loss drug cuts diabetes risk in trial
Labor Department to issue preliminary data revisions on Wednesday
Updates to market close
By Stephen Culp
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed slightly lower on Tuesday, breaking their recent winning streak amid few market-moving catalysts ahead of the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, set to get under way on Thursday.
All three major U.S. stock indexes edged down, bringing an end to a multi-session rally in which the equities market bounced back from a steep sell-off driven by recession fears.
"Last week was the best week of the year for stocks, which begs the question whether the rally will continue," said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, Indiana.
"But I don’t think today is indicative of a trend change," he added. "Investors are taking a pause and they’re sleepy now after feasting for the last couple weeks."
The eight days of consecutive daily gains were the longest winning streaks for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq since November and December, respectively.
On Thursday, representatives from central banks around the globe are expected to converge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for their annual Economic Symposium, at which U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected to deliver remarks on Friday.
Powell's speech will be parsed by market participants for hints regarding the number and timing of expected policy rate cuts this year and next.
"The question is, is the rate cut going to be 25 or 50 basis points, and I think that's where a lot of the reading between the lines is going to happen, trying to see how aggressive that first cut is going to be," Carlson said.
Financial markets are currently pricing in a 71.5% likelihood of a 25 basis-point reduction of the Fed funds target rate at the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in September, with a 28.5% chance of a super-sized cut of 50 basis points, according to CME's FedWatch tool.
On Wednesday, the Labor Department is expected to release preliminary benchmark revisions to its employment data for the 12 months through March. A significant downward revision to the data could potentially affect the data-dependent Fed's policy path.
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago entered its second day on Tuesday as election-year tensions potentially exacerbate market swings at a time when the light volume typical of late summer trading can trigger market volatility.
According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 10.97 points, or 0.20%, to end at 5,597.28 points, while the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC lost 61.79 points, or 0.35%, to 17,814.98. The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 62.02 points, or 0.16%, to 40,834.51.
Eli Lilly's LLY.N weight-loss drug Zepbound was shown to drastically cut the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in pre-diabetic adults, sending the drugmaker's shares higher.
Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks PANW.O jumped after its fiscal 2025 revenue and profit forecasts beat analyst estimates.
Boeing's BA.N shares slid in the wake of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's announcement that it was adopting an airworthiness directive for the planemaker's 787 Dreamliners.
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Reporting by Stephen Culp in New York
Additional reporting by Shashwat Chauhan and Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru
Editing by Matthew Lewis
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