Wall St sees early dip on fall of China’s currency

Shares of US carmakers with big exposure to China fell.

U.S. shares prolonged losses Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Common plunging greater than 200 factors on global progress considerations. Meanwhile, inflation rose 1.6% in July, which is well below the government’s annual target of 3% and producer prices hit their lowest level since 2009.

The Benchmark S&P 500 Index was most recently 14.43 points or 0.69% lower at 2089.04 points with nine of its ten key sectors trading lower.

“We nonetheless anticipate China’s commodities demand to select up in tandem with industrial exercise and exports later within the yr”, Caroline Bain, senior commodities economist at Capital Economics, stated in a analysis notice Wednesday.

Department store chain Macy’s dropped 3.5 percent as it cut its forecast for 2015 comparable sales to flat compared with the previous projection for a gain of two percent. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index (INDEXSP:.INX) lost 21.73 points, or 1.06 percent, to 2,061.96.

A cheaper yuan reduces the competitiveness of companies outside China as it makes their goods and services more expensive, while reducing the value of revenue they generate in the country.

The worst performers of the session were Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), which fell 0.22% or 0.09 points to trade at 41.68 at the close.

The yuan’s devaluation might ease considerations about deflation in China, however the stronger greenback might restrain U.S. inflation throughout a time when the Federal Reserve would really like it to speed up. Under those circumstances, we still think that the Fed will hike rates next month.

“n”>Aug 11 U.S. stocks opened lower on Tuesday after China’s surprise devaluation of the yuan increased unease about the health of the world’s second-largest economy and pushed the dollar higher. The yield for 10 year notes did decline however to 2.17%. (NASDAQ:AAPL), which sank 2.5 %.