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The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed some improvement in the overall market sentiment, while the index remained in the "Greed" zone on Monday.
U.S. stocks closed mostly lower on Monday, with the Dow Jones index closing lower by more than 200 points during the session.
The headline annual inflation rate, as measured by personal consumption expenditures (PCE), rose to 2.5% in February as expected, up from 2.4% in January as personal spending came in unexpectedly high. While the monthly inflation rate, according to the Fed’s favored gauge of price increases, dipped from 0.4% to 0.3%, personal spending rose by 0.8% to $145.5 billion, more than the 0.5% expected and higher than the 0.2% increase seen in January.
The ISM manufacturing PMI rose to 50.3 in March versus ...