Wall St mixed in choppy trade as PPI data keeps smaller rate cut in view
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August producer prices slightly above estimates
Moderna tumbles after dour FY25 revenue forecast
Indexes: Dow down 0.13%, S&P 500 up 0.18%, Nasdaq up 0.43%
Updated at 11:19 a.m. ET/1519 GMT
By Shashwat Chauhan and Lisa Pauline Mattackal
Sept 12 (Reuters) -Wall Street's main indexes were mixed in choppy trading on Thursday after higher-than-expected producer prices data kept a smaller 25-basis point rate cut by the Fed firmly on the table, while Moderna slumped following a downbeat revenue forecast.
The producer price index (PPI) for final demand rose 0.2% in August, compared with estimates of 0.1% growth. The core number, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.3%, higher than the 0.2% forecast.
Separately, initial claims for state unemployment benefits stood at 230,000 for the week ended Sept. 7, in line with estimates.
"With PPI basically repeating yesterday's CPI reading and in-line jobless claims, the decks have been cleared for the Fed to kick off a rate-cutting cycle," said Chris Larkin, managing director of trading and investing at E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley.
Meanwhile, Moderna's MRNA.O shares dropped 16.8% to their lowest intraday level since November. They were the biggest decliner on the S&P 500 after the vaccine maker forecast sales between $2.5 billion and $3.5 billion next year, below analysts' estimates.
A string of weakening employment and economic growth data over the past few weeks had led to rising bets on a larger-than-usual 50-bps interest rate reduction from the U.S. central bank, but those expectations have largely faded.
Following Thursday's data and the inflation report in the previous session, traders now see an 85% chance of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 25 bps when it meets on Sept. 17-18, according to CME's FedWatch Tool. It would be the first rate cut since March 2020.
"The discussion will soon turn to how far and fast the Fed is likely to trim rates over time," E*TRADE's Larkin added.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 42.15 points, or 0.13%, to 40,819.56, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 10.41 points, or 0.18%, to 5,563.98, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 78.96 points, or 0.43%, to 17,470.76.
Most of the S&P 500 sectors were higher, led by communication services' .SPLRCL 1.2% rise. Energy stocks .SPNY also rose more than 1%.
The more economically sensitive small-cap Russell 2000 .RUT meanwhile outperformed, rising 0.9%.
Among other stocks, Micron Technology MU.O dropped 4.2% after a report that Exane BNP Paribas downgraded the chipmaker's shares to "underperform" from "outperform".
Kroger KR.N gained 6.5% after the supermarket chain beat estimates for second-quarter results and raised the lower end of its annual sales forecast.
Shares of gold miners jumped as spot gold XAU= hit a record high, with the Arca Gold BUGS index .HUI up more than 5%.
Chemicals maker Dow DOW.N slipped 1.3% after lowering its third-quarter revenue forecast due to an unplanned event at one of its plants in Texas.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners for a 2.34-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 1.4-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 28 new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 53 new highs and 58 new lows.
Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan and Lisa Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel and Shounak Dasgupta
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