A Wall St. street sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Sept 23 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday as investors appeared relieved about the Federal Reserve's stance on tapering stimulus and raising interest rates.
Upbeat outlooks from Accenture (ACN.N) and Salesforce (CRM.N) helped to bolster the market, while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech (PFE.N), COVID-19 vaccine for those 65 and older. read more
Also helping sentiment, concern about a ripple effect from China Evergrande (3333.HK) continued to ease.
The Fed said on Wednesday it could begin reducing its monthly bond purchases by as soon as November, and that interest rates could rise quicker than expected by next year. The November deadline was largely priced in by markets.
In a press conference after the statement, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the bar for lifting rates from zero is much higher than for tapering. read more
"This is a follow-on rally from a very good Fed meeting," said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment strategist at Inverness Counsel in New York.
"To me that showed there were no surprises and things were as expected," he said. "Any Fed rate hike is still quite a ways off and so much can change between now and then."
Energy (.SPSY) and financial stocks (.SPSY) were the S&P sectors gaining most ground.
Unofficially, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) rose 502.55 points, or 1.47%, to 34,760.87, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 52.84 points, or 1.20%, to 4,448.48 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) added 151.28 points, or 1.02%, to 15,048.13.
Shares of IT services provider Salesforce jumped and the company was a big boost to the S&P (.SPX) and the Dow (.DJI) during the session after it raised its annual earnings forecast. read more
Accenture gained after the IT consulting firm boosted its first-quarter outlook. read more
Concerns eased further over a potential default by Chinese property developer Evergrande even as Reuters reported that some holders of the firm's dollar bonds had given up hope of getting a coupon payment by a key Thursday deadline. read more
Investors shrugged off data showing sluggish business activity growth and a rise in jobless claims, in line with expectations for a slowdown in economic growth in the third quarter. read more
During the session the S&P 500 broke above its 50-day moving average, after trading below the indicator for three full sessions - its biggest such breach since early March.
Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch in New York; Additional reporting by Ambar Warrick in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel and Lisa Shumaker
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