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<body><p>STORY: Wall Street’s nine-week winning streak came to an abrupt halt on Friday, with the Dow dropping about one-and-a-third percent, the S&P 500 sliding more than 2.6% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq tumbling nearly 4.2%, its largest one-day percentage loss in more than a year.</p><p>Selling was concentrated among chip stocks and other technology favorites that have surged in recent weeks as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 rose repeatedly to fresh highs.</p><p>The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index erased more than $1 trillion in stock market value on Friday, suffering its largest one-day percentage plunge since March of 2020.</p><p>Eric Lynch, managing director and co-portfolio manager of Suncoast Equity Management, said tech stocks tanked due to rate-hike and AI spending concerns.</p><p>"The first factor is the blowout jobs report this morning. That has taken the chances of another Fed cut off the table for 2026. That hits long-duration, most exciting speculative stocks the most. [FLASH] But also there's been grumblings about AI, just some concerns about whether or not the token usage is really translating to great returns. And you've seen some consternation kind of bubbling up."</p><p>Among individual movers, AI chipmaker Nvidia, the largest company by market value, lost more than 6%, while Intel, Micron, AMD and Broadcom all slid between about 8% and 13.5%.</p><p>Shares of Lululemon Athletica slumped about 8.5% after the athletic apparel maker cut its annual profit forecast and projected second-quarter earnings well below Wall Street estimates.</p><p>And a more than 4% drop in bitcoin hit cryptocurrency firms, with shares of Coinbase and Strategy each tumbling about 7%.</p></body>
Shares of the chip-making giants that have powered the market’s climb to records tumbled, weighed down by new concerns that trillions of dollars invested in AI technology won’t yield the expected blockbuster returns. The losses intensified after a robust jobs report raised new worries that the Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates later this year to fight inflation. Stocks, bonds, oil, gold and bitcoin all tumbled.
FedEx Freight bucked the market trend on Friday, making it one of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 on a tough day for the market. Shares of the company, which spun out of FedEx on June 1, gained 6.4% on Friday, closing at $167.84, while the and fell 2.6% and 4.2%. FedEx Freight is likely avoiding the drawdown because shares are very new.
US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) sink in Friday trading, the Nasdaq Composite leading losses and closing over 1,100 points lower (4.18%). The market is reacting to May's overwhelmingly positive labor data — 172,000 jobs added the US economy vs. estimates of 88,000 — raising investor concerns that the Federal Reserve may be inclined to hike interest rates. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre breaks down the day's biggest market moves.
U.S.-traded chipmakers plunged on Friday, losing over $1 trillion in market value, with deep losses in AI heavy hitters including Nvidia, Micron Technology and Advanced Micro Devices, as Broadcom's weak report earlier this week reverberated across Wall Street. The PHLX chip index slumped almost 8.5% in afternoon trading, putting it on track for its deepest one-day loss since Wall Street's "Liberation Day" tariff selloff in April 2025. Friday's selloff added to losses on Thursday after Broadcom gave a quarterly report that showed demand for its custom AI chips business falling short of lofty expectations.
The inflation fears sparking Friday's selloff propelled the 2-year Treasury yield to its level since Feb. 2025. The 2-year note settled at 4.160%, while the 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.537%. Investors dumped bonds after a hot jobs report rekindled the possibility of rate hikes this year.
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Friday’s carnage in tech stocks shows just how fragile this year’s rally has become. Then came an unexpectedly good jobs report for May. A healthier labor market could lead the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates elevated to combat inflation. Indeed, investors on Friday were pricing in an around 50% chance that the Fed could hike in October, up from a less than 20% chance a month ago.
US equity indexes plunged as a strong jobs report slashed the odds for interest rate cuts this year,
Investing.com -- Wall Street is set to cap off this week with a decline, as rate-sensitive technology stocks and chip names fall. We have also seen rising U.S. Treasury yields after a significantly stronger-than-expected May jobs report.
The Nasdaq dropped nearly 3% after a stronger-than-expected hiring report. Strong employment data has traders bracing for a Fed rate hike.
A stronger-than-expected jobs report sent Wall Street tumbling as investors increasingly bet on rate increases from the Federal Reserve.
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US equity indexes sank amid a slide in mega-cap chip names and government bonds, as strong jobs slas
Investors sold off stocks, bonds, bitcoin and gold Friday after a strong jobs report boosted odds the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates later this year to combat inflation and Wall Street wrestled with weakness in AI stocks.
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US equity indexes slumped amid a sell-off in mega-cap chip names and government bonds, as a strong j
The May employment data landed with a thud for bond bulls, with implications for Treasury proxies like the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT). May nonfarm payrolls rose 172,000, the best number since March, when the figure came in at 185,000, and well above expectations. CNBC’s Rick Santelli, reacting on Squawk Box, asked, “Is ... The Jobs Report Released Today Was Great. That’s Bad News for Bond Yields.
The European stock markets closed mixed Friday as the Stoxx Europe declined 0.2%, Germany's DAX was
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.90%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.32%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.85%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -1.07%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...