Wall Street rallies as retail sales soothe slowdown fears
Jobless claims at one-month low; retail sales surge in July
Walmart advances after raising FY profit forecast
Cisco gains after forecasting upbeat Q1 revenue, cutting 7% jobs
Indexes up: Dow 1.37%, S&P 500 1.61%, Nasdaq 2.33%
Updated as of 2:30 p.m. ET
By Abigail Summerville
Aug 15 (Reuters) -Wall Street's main indexes jumped on Thursday, with the Nasdaq rising more than 2% after July U.S. retail sales data signaledresilient consumer spending, allaying fears of an imminent recession in the world's largest economy.
Nine of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors tradedhigher, with consumer discretionary .SPLRCD and technology .SPLRCT rising 3.1% and 2.3%,respectively.
Retail sales increased 1.0% last month after a downwardly revised 0.2% drop in June, easing fears of a sharp economic slowdown fanned by a jump in the unemployment rate last week.
Retail bellwether Walmart WMT.N added 6.5% after raising its annual profit forecast for the second time this year as Americans flocked to its stores for inexpensive essentials.
Rival Target TGT.N also jumped 3.6%, while Costco COST.O advanced 1.5%.
A separate reading also showed the number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly last week.
"The wall of worry is beginning to crumble as sentiment is improving and the fundamentals support a risk-on bias," said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. "Retail sales were above expectations, Consumer Price Index numbers came in at a tolerable level, so the fundamental backdrop is consistent with rising equity prices."
The yield of two-year US2YT=RR and 10-year US10YT=RR Treasury notes rose after the data, with traders increasing bets for a 25-basis-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve to 76.5%, versus 65% before the data. 0#FEDWATCH
Investors have cautiously eyed this week's economic data releases, the last set before Fed Chairman Jerome Powell delivers a much-awaited speech at Jackson Hole next week.
The S&P 500 .SPX and Nasdaq .IXIC extended their winning streaks six consecutive sessions.
As of 2:45 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 547.87 points, or 1.37%, to 40,556.26, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 87.94 points, or 1.61%, at 5,543.15 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC advanced 401.03 points, or 2.33%, to 17,593.63.
Among other movers, Cisco Systems CSCO.O rose 6.9% after it forecast better-than-expected first-quarter revenue and said it was cutting 7% of its global workforce.
Nike NKE.N climbed 4.6% as billionaire investor William Ackman built new stakes in the sportswear company. Ulta Beauty ULTA.O jumped 11.6% after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway BRKa.N acquired a stake in the cosmetics store chain.
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Reporting by Abigail Summerville in New York; Editing by Richard Chang
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