Visual Marketing Radio – Brand Media Studio

Visual Marketing Radio – Brand Media Studio


Visual Marketplace Report – July 29, 2015

July 30, 2015

U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve offered no clear indication of the timing of the next rate hike, but left itself room to act as early as September, citing continued “solid” gains in the job market.

Policy makers voted unanimously to keep a key U.S. interest rate unchanged and reiterated their dependency on data to determine their game plan for tightening monetary policy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 121.12 points, or 0.7%, to 17,751.39, marking the fifth consecutive triple-digit move for the blue-chip index. The S&P 500 ended up 15.32 points, or 0.7%, to 2,108.57, with all 10 main sectors finishing higher. The Nasdaq Composite ended the session up 22.53 points, or 0.4%, at 5,111.73.

The Visual Marketplace Index closed lower .18 points, to finish trading at 271.74. The Index dropped largely as a consequence of investor selloff of Twitter.