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New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) may be forced to tackle rapidly rising inflation.
The market looked set to rebound on Thursday as investors piled back into tech stocks, which have taken a beating in recent days due to worries about higher inflation and the looming SpaceX IPO. “We remain constructive on the long-term bull market, but mounting technical evidence suggests an increased risk of a deeper pullback,” said LPL Financial’s chief technical strategist Adam Turnquist. The European Central Bank is widely expected to hike interest rates for the first time in nearly three years, which could foreshadow future tightening by the Federal Reserve and other central banks.
Shares are mostly lower in Asia following another sell-off of artificial-intelligence stocks that dragged the U.S. market sharply lower. U.S. futures advanced and oil prices gained more than $1 a barrel.
SpaceX enters the final stretch Thursday before its expected trading on Wall Street as part of the biggest initial public offering in history, which could propel co-founder Elon Musk to trillionaire status.If all goes as expected, the space and rocket company co-founded by Musk in 2002 will begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange on Friday morning, with all eyes on how Wall Street will absorb the blockbuster IPO that could send tremors across global markets.
The Nasdaq Composite tumbled again today after the latest inflation reading and higher oil prices failed to stop the bleeding. Chips were at the heart of the downturn, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF sinking another 3.7%, putting the chip stock benchmark 12% off its June 3 closing high. Industrials were the biggest laggard on Wednesday, dragged down by a swirl of other factors including rising oil prices, and expectations of a Fed interest rate hike.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Wednesday, with the Dow dropping almost 1.9%, the S&P 500 shedding 1.6% and the Nasdaq falling nearly 2%.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Renewed tensions in the Middle East added to investor uncertainty, with President Donald Trump saying the U.S. would attack Iran again "very hard" following a significant exchange of fire overnight.</p><p>Chip makers continued to drag on the market, extending their recent declines. Shares of Nvidia lost more than 3.5%, while Broadcom dropped more than 5%.</p><p>Gina Martin Adams is chief market strategist at HB Wealth.</p><p>"We've had a pretty tough go for the last few days in the equity market, really starting in the middle of last week. We started to see a little bit of rotation out of technology stocks as the earnings season is finally finished. That was clearly the big catalyst for gains. Now we're starting to see markets react a little bit to friction that has reemerged in the Middle East. So you've got two different influences on the equity market right now. Investors are rotating out of tech after the enormous run that it had had since the end of March, and Middle East tensions, which are flaring up again."</p><p>:: Oracle</p><p>In other tech names, shares of Oracle, down more than 2% at the close, dropped further in extended trading after </p><p>the company reported quarterly revenue that narrowly beat Wall Street expectations. Its results came amid concerns about Oracle's spending and AI-driven disruption to traditional software demand. The company also said it expects to raise nearly $40 billion through a combination of debt and equity financing in fiscal 2027.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Shares of Super Micro Computer nosedived 28% after the company announced plans to raise $7 billion through a series of equity and equity-linked transactions to fund component purchases for its growing AI server demand.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>And shares of trucking companies dipped after Amazon announced an expansion of its freight services, with shares of J.B. Hunt, XPO and Old Dominion all suffering losses.</p><p>Meanwhile, data from the Labor Department showed U.S. consumer prices increased 4.2% in the 12 months through May, the largest gain since April of 2023.</p><p>While the Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at its policy meeting next week, investors are now pricing in at least one rate hike by the end of the year.</p></body>
US stock futures tumbled amid reports that the US struck Iran hours after President Trump had pledged to do so, saying negotiations were taking "too long."
US stock futures tumbled amid reports that the US struck Iran hours after President Trump had pledged to do so, saying negotiations were taking "too long."
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Renewed fighting in the Middle East hit stocks and drove up oil futures, even as data showing a sharp rise in inflation underscored the war’s pressure on consumer prices. In the S&P 500, losses were particularly acute in materials and industrial shares, sending the broad index down 1.6% to its lowest close in five weeks.
Another sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks dragged the U.S. market sharply lower. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6% Wednesday after giving up a brief modest gain in the morning. The index had its first back-to-back drop in three weeks.
The stock market unwind dinged even the Dow on Wednesday after consumer price inflation met expectations and oil prices jumped. The blue-chip index fell 953 points, or 1.9%. “Tech is taking it on the chin again (now 2 out of the last 3 days) as people continue to de‑risk AI exposure across the board,” writes Mizuho’s Daniel O’Regan.
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.
Why did stocks sell off after a promising start? Rising energy prices and a presidential threat changed the market's mood.
US equity indexes fell after the annual inflation rate jumped to the highest in three years and Pres
Consumer prices rose 4.2% annually in May, the fastest pace since 2023, as energy costs driven by the U.S.-Iran conflict surged
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.
Payne Capital Management President & ‘Payne Points of Wealth’ Podcast Host Ryan Payne and Yahoo Finance Senior Autos Reporter Pras Subramanian join Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman to break down the SpaceX (SPCX, SPAX.PVT))IPO and who the investors are piling into the oversubscribed IPO.
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.