Market overview 2023-12-21

Although the U.S. trading session on Thursday brought the main stock indices into the positive zone within 1.6 percentage points, it was still held on rather small volumes and without any special ideas. The released portion of macroeconomic statistics, which showed the quarterly GDP slowdown below the expected level, gave market participants confidence in the soon reduction of inflationary pressure and, as a consequence, the weakening of the Fed's "grip". All sectors managed to close the trading session on the positive side, although the Consumer and Communications sectors looked slightly better.