Wall Street gains as volatility eases, Dow up over 200 pts

But if inflation picks up, the Fed could raise rates more often or more steeply than it had planned.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) moments before the Closing Bell on February 8, 2018 in New York City.

Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets, says finding a market bottom is a process that takes time. Gainers included technology companies, retailers like Amazon and Home Depot, and industrial companies and banks. The last market correction ended nearly two years ago.

Citro noted that Monday’s Dow Jones decline of 1,175 points was really “no big deal” from a historic perspective. Higher interest rates, meanwhile, give central banks more leeway to stimulate the economy; should it fall into a recession, banks can trim rates again.

WALL STREET: Indexes rallied in the morning, bobbed up and down for much of the day, then sank in the last few minutes of trading. “I don’t know if it’s over, but a market range may be established”. After huge gains in the first weeks of this year, stocks tumbled Friday after the Labor Department said workers’ wages grew at a fast rate in January.

“South Korean markets started higher in the morning but investors are more anxious that USA markets will see further sell-offs tonight”. At the same time, credit conditions remain robust as the availability of money to borrow, spend and invest is strong.

Tuesday’s rebound came a day after a steep selloff that brought the biggest percentage daily declines for the S&P 500 and the Dow since August 2011 and a near 1,600 point intraday loss for the Dow.

The FTSE 100 lost 3.5 per cent at the open, before recovering to a loss of just under two per cent at the time of writing.

The S&P 500 rose 19.12 points, or 0.70 percent, to 2,714.26 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 22.72 points, or 0.32 percent, at 7,138.60. It’ll change the complexion of the market.

The S&P 500 remains up 26 percent since Trump’s election, and on Tuesday clawed back into positive territory for 2018, up 0.8 percent.

“Markets move in both directions, full stop”. Stocks over the long term create more wealth than fixed-income bonds, but they are more volatile and have more risk.

The yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury bond touched a four-year high before falling back to 2.83 per cent. In contrast, since 1928, the market has suffered an average of 3.4 annual drops of 5% or more, according to Bespoke Investment Group. On the Nasdaq, 1,596 issues rose and 1,056 fell.

Germany’s benchmark Dax index fell by 2.25 per cent in early trading, while France’s Cac 40 lost 2.1 per cent at the time of writing.

In South Korea the Kospi, which saw only modest losses on Tuesday, fell back to close 2.3 percent lower at 2,396.53 as investors fretted over whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy. Heating oil dipped 3 cents to $1.99 a gallon.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, lost 29.092 dollars, or 2.7%, to 1,055.41 dollars.

Wynn Resorts climbed about 10% after casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned as chief executive following allegations of sexual misconduct. That’s less than the 10 percent drop that is known on Wall Street as a “correction”.

He has denied the accusations but said he could not be effective in his corporate positions in the face of those allegations. All but two stocks in the broad gauge declined, Bloomberg reported.