New York opened the session in positive territory, with US inflation remaining unchanged in August at 3.4%. This value reinforces expectations of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve at the next meeting. Excluding food and energy, the consumer price index rose 0.4% in August compared to the previous month, penalized by oil prices, having risen to 2.4% year-on-year.
The major US indices posted significant gains. The Dow Jones rose 1.11% to 52,641.35 points, the S&P 500 gained 0.94% to 7,663.71 points and the Nasdaq increased 0.96% to 26,338.43 points. Among the companies with the biggest gains were Boeing with 1.88%, Caterpillar with 1.63%, JPMorgan with 1.53%, Cisco with 1.58% and Sherwin-Williams with 1.30%.
In the oil market, Texas WTI lost 3.59%, settling the barrel price at $98.80, while Brent fell 3.33% to $104.06. Natural gas slipped 0.81% to $2.811. In the foreign exchange market, the euro depreciated 0.05% against the dollar, settling at $1.1603.
