China-Singapore Jingwei, September 9th. On Thursday, Eastern Time, the three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower and moved higher.

As of the close, the Dow rose 193.24 points, or 0.61%, to 31774.52; the Nasdaq rose 70.23 points, or 0.60%, to 11862.13; the S&P 500 rose 26.31 points, or 0.66%, to 4006.18.

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　　Large tech stocks were mixed, with Apple down 0.96%, Amazon up 0.26%, Netflix down 0.66%, Google down 0.98%, Facebook up 1.04%, and Microsoft up 0.17%.

　　Bank stocks rose collectively. JPMorgan Chase rose 2.31%, Goldman Sachs rose 1.44%, Citigroup rose 2.59%, Morgan Stanley rose 1.82%, Bank of America rose 3.23%, and Wells Fargo rose 3.15%.

　　Most energy stocks rose, Exxon Mobil rose 0.79%, Chevron rose 0.55%, ConocoPhillips rose 1.42%, Schlumberger rose 3%, and Occidental Oil fell 1.28%.

　　Popular Chinese concept stocks rose and fell, Huadi International rose 14%, Tuanche rose 12.02%, Wuyou English rose 6.15%, Suntech Group rose 6.14%, and Chi-Med Pharmaceutical rose 5.63%; in terms of decline, Yingxi Group fell 15.67% %, Bilibili fell 15.03%, Cheetah Mobile fell 9.61%, Canadian Solar fell 6.91%, Zai Lab fell 6.05%, NetEase fell 1.97%, Alibaba fell 1.23%, Baidu fell 1.01%, Pinduoduo fell 0.32%.

Zhonggai new energy auto stocks were mixed, with Weilai Automobile up 1.09%, Xiaopeng Motors down 2.5%, and Ideal Auto down 2.36%.

　　In the news, Fed Chairman Powell said at a meeting that in order to curb inflation, the Fed will continue to take tough measures to curb rising price pressures.

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said policymakers may raise rates for a third time by 75 basis points at their Sept. 20-21 meeting.

　　Money markets are pricing in an 82% chance that the Fed will raise rates by 75 basis points at its September meeting, which would lift the U.S. federal funds rate to 3.0% to 3.25%.

　　In terms of economic data, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time in the week ended September 3 was 222,000.

The number of initial jobless claims was down 6,000 from the revised previous week.

　　In terms of European stock markets, Germany's DAX index fell 0.09% to 12904.32 points, France's CAC40 index rose 0.33% to 6125.9 points, and the UK's FTSE 100 index rose 0.33% to 7262.06 points.

　　Earlier, the European Central Bank announced an interest rate hike of 75 basis points, the first major rate hike since 1999 by 75 basis points.

In addition, the ECB has also adjusted its inflation forecasts for 2022, 2023 and 2024.

　　In terms of international oil prices, WTI October crude oil futures closed up $1.60, or 1.95%, at $83.54 per barrel.

Brent crude oil futures for November ended up $1.15, or 1.30%, at $89.15 a barrel.

　　In terms of gold prices, the most actively traded December gold futures price in the New York Mercantile Exchange gold futures market fell $7.6 from the previous trading day to close at $1,720.2 an ounce, a decrease of 0.44%.

　　On the U.S. dollar index, the U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major currencies, fell 0.12% to 109.7090 by late trade in New York.

(Sino-Singapore Jingwei APP)