{
  "id": 10960206,
  "title": "Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq: Wall Street startet leicht im Plus",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/dow-jones-s-p-500-nasdaq-wall-street-startet-leicht-im-plus",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-30T14:12:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/marktberichte/dow-jones-sp-500-nasdaq-wall-street-startet-leicht-im-plus/100258689.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "After the major US indices had only shed losses this week, they reacted positively on Wednesday to an important economic indicator. The Dow Jones fell unchanged at 51,377 points. The broad S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent to 7,704. The technology-focused Nasdaq gained 0.7 percent to 26,989 points. The Nasdaq 100, representing the 100 non-financial companies with the highest market capitalization, rose 0.6 percent to 30,519 points. Market depth was high on Wednesday as the US Commerce Department released the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index. The report on private sector job openings in September was also released. Over the rest of the week, six Federal Reserve speakers will comment. The Fed releases labor market figures on Friday, which also include government sector employment. The PCE remained steady at 3.4 percent in August, the same as the previous two months. Analysts had assumed the index, which is the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, would rise. The PCE measures how much private households in the US actually spend on goods and services and how prices change. Unlike the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is the official US inflation rate, the PCE also includes expenditures not directly paid by households, such as employer-paid health insurance. The CPI remained steady at 3.4 percent in August, unchanged from a 3.5 percent increase earlier. Inflation is still well above the Fed's desired 2.0 percent. To combat high price pressure, the Fed raised interest rates for the first time in three years to a range of 3.75 to 4.00 percent in September. High odds are that another rate hike will occur this year. A reason for this is the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which keeps oil prices high. Brent crude oil for November delivery rose by nearly 1 percent to around $104 per barrel ($159 per liter), US Light Oil WTI for November delivery rose by half a percent to about $90 per barrel. In the bond markets, the new numbers bring slight relaxation. Rents for 10-year and 2-year US bonds fell slightly after the release. Previously, they had risen again, with 30-year US bonds at $5.62 percent, near the highest level since 2002, and 10-year bonds approaching that value. High job creation in the private sector is providing slight relief to markets. Private sector companies added 90,000 jobs in September, according to the ADP employment survey released on Wednesday. Respondents from news agency Reuters expected only a plus of 70,000 jobs, after revising upward to 36,000 in August. An unexpectedly high job creation makes the Fed more likely to remain restrictive, concerned about overheating the economy and reigniting inflation. The Fed has a dual mandate, seeking both stable prices and full employment. Government sector job data will be released on Friday, when economists expect a 90,000 job addition, after 162,000 were added in August. The Federal Reserve closely watches these data as they help achieve full employment and stable prices. It raised the benchmark interest rate to a range of 3.75 to 4.00 percent in mid-September. Analyst Jochen Stanzl of Consorsbank asks, \"The central question is how long the high growth can be sustained.\" Micron, a chip manufacturer, will release quarterly results after the bell. Its position in the AI supply chain means its numbers will be a vote on how sentiment in the AI sector plays out for the rest of the week. The stock was unchanged prior to the release.",
  "summary": "Wichtige Konjunkturdaten verhelfen den US-Börsen zu einer positiven Trendwende. Die Zinserwartungen bleiben dennoch konstant: Anleger rechnen mit einem weiteren Zinsschritt der Fed.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}