Wall St propelled higher by broad gains after Fed kicks off easing cycle
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S&P 500, Dow hit record highs
BofA expects Fed to go for 75-bp cut in Q4
US big banks rise after Fed's jumbo rate cut
Weekly jobless claims stand at 219,000
Indexes up: Dow 1.03%, S&P 500 1.73%, Nasdaq 2.78%
Updated at 11:49 a.m. ET/1549 GMT
By Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal
Sept 19 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes soared on Thursday with the S&P 500 and the Dow hitting intraday record highs after the Federal Reserve kicked off its monetary easing cycle with half-a-percentage point reduction and forecast more interest rate cuts were on the horizon.
Rate-sensitive growth stocks that have led much of this year's gains climbed, with top playerssuch as Microsoft MSFT.O adding 1.9%, Tesla TSLA.O gaining 7.1% and Apple AAPL.O advancing 3.4%.
Semiconductor stocks such as Nvidia NVDA.O jumped 5.3%, while Advanced Micro Devices AMD.O gained 6% and Broadcom AVGO.O added 4.7%, sending the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index .SOX up 4.8%.
The Russell2000 index .RUT, which tracks small caps, also trended 1.8% higher with the broader market, as alower interest environment boosted prospects oflower operating costs and greater profits.
At 11:49 a.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 428.60 points, or 1.03%, to 41,931.70, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 97.47 points, or 1.73%, to 5,715.73 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 488.76 points, or 2.78%, to 18,062.06.
Eight out of the 11 S&P 500 sectors gained, led by tech stocks .SPLRCT with a 3.4% rise,while defensive sectors like utilities .SPLRCU and consumer staples .SPLRCS trended lower.
After delivering its super-sized verdict on Wednesday, the Fed forecast rates to fall by another 50 bps in 2024,and unveiled macroeconomic projections that analysts say reflect steady growth and lower unemployment.
"Markets are acting well to yesterday's messaging from the Fed. They wanted to hear we weren't falling into recession which Chair Powell reassured that the economy is on good footing," said Bret Kenwell, investment analyst at eToro.
"A soft landing is still in play; that's still the default expectation. However, there's still clearly some concern that the labor market is going from a period of softness to weakness."
Data showed jobless claims for the week ended Sept. 14 dropped to a four-month low, pointing to solid job growth in September.
Traders now see a 61.1% chance that the central bank will lower interest rates by 25 basis points at its November meeting, as per the CME Group's FedWatch tool.
BofA Global Research now anticipates a total of 75 bps rate cuts by the end of this year, compared with 50 bps forecast earlier.
Evercore ISI datagoing back to 1970 showed the S&P 500 has posted an average 14% gain in the six months following the first reduction of a rate-cutting cycle.
September has generally been a disappointing month for U.S. equities with the S&P 500 notchingan average loss of 1.2% since 1928, but has gained over 1% so far this month.
The broader banks index .SPXBK trended 2% higher, pulled up by big banks such as Citigroup C.N andBank of America BAC.N after theylowered their respective prime rates.
Among individual movers, fertility benefits management firmProgyny PGNY.O plunged 30% after a significant client notified the company it had elected to exercise a 90-day optionto terminate its services agreement.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 4.04-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 3.88-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 51 new 52-week highs and no new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 134 new highs and 47 new lows.
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Reporting by Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Maju Samuel
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