Major US stock indexes finished trading in negative territory

Major US stock indexes declined on Tuesday amid falling oil prices and expectations of the Fed meeting.

Investors focused on the Fed meeting, which is expected to raise interest rates. At the moment, the chances of a decision to raise rates at this meeting according to the dynamics of futures on federal funds are estimated at 93%. The head of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, said earlier that the regulator is likely to raise the rate in March. However, investors are most interested in the Fed's signals about how quickly it is planned to raise rates this year. Now the probability of raising rates three or more times this year, they estimate in 64%.

The volume of trading was low, as the northeastern US state caught a snowstorm, leaving people at home.

The focus of investors' attention was also data on changes in producer prices last month. As it became known, in February, producer prices rose by 0.3% m / m, which is above the average forecast of analysts at + 0.1%. The base producer prices also rose by 0.3%, while analysts had expected growth of 0.2%.

The components of the DOW index mostly decreased (20 out of 30). The shares of Chevron Corporation fell more than others (CVX, -1.55%). Leader of growth were shares of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT, + 1.34%).

All sectors of the S & P index ended the session in negative territory. Most of all, the main materials sector fell (-1.4%).

At closing:

Dow -0.21% 20,837.54 -43.94

Nasdaq -0.32% 5,856.82 -18.96

S & P-0.34% 2,365.38 -8.09