NEW YORK (Reuters) -The three major indices of the New York Stock Exchange again set closing records on Friday after a less than expected rise in inflation in September, which reassured investors about the trajectory of interest rates in the United States.

Operators are widely betting on a further rate cut of 25 basis points at next week’s Fed meeting, and are now forecasting three quarter-point cuts by March, compared to April previously.

There is also optimism on the corporate side, where the start of the quarterly results season has been “spectacular” according to Ryan Detrick. “We saw 87% of companies beat expectations on profits by 83% on turnover, which justifies the rally we are seeing this year and which probably foreshadows a rally at the end of the year.”

Five of the “magnificent seven”, heavyweights including “Gafam”, will publish their results next week (Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon.com and Apple), to which will be added the industrial giants Caterpillar and Boeing.

Alphabet rose 2.7% on Friday after announcing a renewal of its agreement with the start-up Anthropic.

Ford rose more than 12% with results above consensus.

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