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Dow Jones Industrial Average turns lukewarm on Thursday

Dow Jones Industrial Average turns lukewarm on Thursday

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The Dow Jones is holding near essential moving averages on Thursday. Markets were mostly not impressed with United States Retail Sales figures. Financiers continue to hinge their direct exposure on Fed rate cut expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) struck a middling tone on Thursday, churning around the 43,200 manage and checking down around 100 points on the day. Cost action is hung up on the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), and financiers wait for any indication of information that might indicate a much faster speed of rate cuts from the Federal Reserve (Fed). Retail Sales figures moderated in December, alleviating back to 0.4% MoM in the heading figure. Markets anticipated a tick down to 0.6% from the previous month's modified 0.8%. Core Retail Sales leavi...