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The biggest companies in the S&P 500 took a beating, wiping out nearly $480 billon from the benchmark index yesterday—and according to experts, they aren't in the clear yet.
The monthly pace of inflation slowed in both the headline and core readings for May, released Wednesday. Headline inflation rose 0.5% month over month, a bit of a break from April’s 0.6% advance and in line with expectations. Core inflation was up just 0.2% month over month in May after a 0.4% gain in April.
The stock market is already showing signs of reversing. The Nasdaq was down 0.4% after falling further at the open. The S&P 500 was down 0.2%. The Dow was down 190 points, or 0.4%. The May CPI was in line with expectations, but many on Wall Street were fearing an even worse report given the Iran war's impact on energy prices.
The stock market’s slide continued on Wednesday after the latest inflation report failed to rouse Wall Street. The Dow fell 340 points, or 0.7%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note was down to 4.12%.
June 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Wednesday, as a selloff in technology stocks continued and renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran overshadowed a tame May inflation
US stocks were set to open lower on Wednesday, but investors gained a little confidence from fresh inflation data ahead of the opening bell, while there were conflicting Middle East messages that pushed oil prices higher. Futures pointed to a weaker start on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones,...
Turbulence in tech stocks continued Tuesday, with the Nasdaq closing down 1%. By contrast, nine of the 11 sectors in the S&P 500—including real estate, consumer staples and healthcare—traded in the green.
The May inflation report sets the stage for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to act.
The week of June 8 handed global markets a sharp reminder of how quickly sentiment can shift. Goldman Sachs removed its 2026 Fed rate cut calls. The Nasdaq fell 5% on the May jobs report. Investors who had been positioned for easing scrambled to recalibrate. The wall of worry that has defined ...
The slide extended a bout of volatility that has raised worries that stocks’ record run is rooted in the staggering gains of a handful of chip companies. Many gainers were tied to the real economy: Shares in Home Depot were among the Dow’s best performers, while Jif maker J.M. Smucker led the S&P 500.
Markets are also assessing the odds for a Mideast peace plan after the US and Irn traded strikes.
Markets are also assessing the odds for a Mideast peace plan after the US and Irn traded strikes.
Markets are also assessing the odds for a Mideast peace plan after the US and Irn traded strikes.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1%. Indexes swung lower after companies selling computer chips, memory and other building blocks of the AI boom broke from early gains to losses. The drops for AI stocks drowned out the benefit of lower oil prices, and most stocks in the S&P 500 rose.
The excitement is building around the SpaceX IPO, which is set to debut on the Nasdaq Composite on Friday.
June 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes rose at the open on Tuesday, as chipmakers extended gains for a second day, while easing hostilities in the Middle East also aided sentiment.
The Nasdaq’s rebound continued on Tuesday after Wall Street sniffed another run for momentum stocks. The tech-heavy index rose 0.7%. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Dow rose 350 points, or 0.7%. Chips and other stocks with momentum in recent weeks continued to bounce back from Friday’s selloff.
Wall Street looked set to see chipmakers continue their rebound on Tuesday, with investors continuing to pick through the wreckage of last week's tech sell-off ahead of key US inflation data. Futures pointed higher across the board, with contracts on the Nasdaq 100 up 0.9%, S&P 500...
Investors hope every stock they pick will go “to the moon”, but some companies take that more literally than others.
Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) can drive the dagger into Trump's hopes for a rate cut at the June 17 meeting.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mostly higher Monday boosted by shares of chip companies.</p><p>While the Dow fell slightly, the S&P 500 added three tenths of one percent and the Nasdaq climbed about nine tenths.</p><p>:: Intel</p><p>Intel shares jumped 11% after news website The Information reported that Alphabet's Google had placed an order to manufacture more than 3 million tensor processing units in 2028.</p><p>:: Marvell Technology</p><p>And shares of Marvell Tech rose 9.5% after S&P announced that the company would be added to the S&P 500 index later this month.</p><p>Also, Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on each other.</p><p>This came after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump that they immediately "stop shooting." </p><p>The attacks over 24 hours were the most direct confrontation between Iran and Israel since an April ceasefire in the war.</p><p>Justin Livengood, senior portfolio manager with Invesco, says he thinks regardless of when there is an end to the conflict in the Middle East, energy prices could stay higher, which could lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.</p><p>“Inflation's been drifting up in general the last six to nine months, not just for oil prices but even for core elements. And that's a concern. I think that concern persists as oil and natural gas prices linger higher. And the longer that persists, the more likely we are to have a Fed feel they need to raise rates late this year. I certainly feel that right now the base case for the Fed is a hike, not a cut, as their next move. And I think with each week and month that this Middle East conflict continues. The odds of that hike get pulled forward.” </p><p>:: Apple</p><p>Other stocks on the move included Apple which dropped almost 2% after announcing a Siri revamp at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.</p><p>:: AWS</p><p>And shares of Corning gained 5.5% after Amazon announced a multi-year multi-billion-dollar deal to buy the company's optical fiber and cables for its data centers. </p></body>
The S&P 500 added 0.3%, coming off its 2.6% drop from Friday that was its worst since October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.9%. Some of the best performers were companies that sell computer chips, memory and other products fueling the AI boom.
As the Nasdaq Composite Index tries to hang onto its gains for today, recent market history is on its side, considering Friday's big drop. After the last 20 drops of 4% or more, the index has risen, on average 0.9% on the following trading day.
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