U.S. Stocks Close Weak After Cautious Session
March 04 2024 - 5:03PM
IH Market News
After a weak start and a subsequent long spell in negative
territory, U.S. stocks briefly managed to turn positive in the
final hour, but failed to find support and ended marginally down on
Monday.
The mood was cautious right through the day’s session due to a
lack of major U.S. economic data. Traders largely stayed on the
sidelines ahead of a slew of key events this week.
The major averages all ended in negative territory. The Dow
(DOWI:DJI) ended down 97.55 points or 0.25 percent at 38,989.83.
The S&P 500 (SPI:SP500) settled with a loss of 6.13 points or
0.12 percent at 5,130.95, while the Nasdaq (NASDAQI:COMP) ended
lower by 67.43 points or 0.41 percent at 16,207.51.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony
will be in focus for clues about the outlook for interest rates.
Powell is due to testify before the House Financial Services
Committee on Wednesday and the Senate Banking Committee on
Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Institute for Supply Management is due to
release its report on service sector activity in the month of
February.
Later in the week, the Labor Department’s report employment data
is due on Friday. The report is expected to show employment jumped
by 200,000 jobs in February after surging by 353,000 jobs in
January.
Reports on factory orders, private sector employment, weekly
jobless claims and the U.S. trade deficit are also due to be
released this week along with the Fed’s Beige Book.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) dropped more than 7 percent. Walgreens Boots
Alliance, Target, Alphabet, Pfizer, Apple Inc., Nike and Merck lost
2 to 4 percent.
Intel, Nvidia, IBM, Bank of America, Ford Motor, Qualcomm, eBay,
Walt Disney, General Electric, Wells Fargo, Costco and Citigroup
posted strong gains.
Other Markets
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific
region moved mostly higher during trading on Monday. Japan’s Nikkei
225 Index climbed by 0.5 percent, while China’s Shanghai Composite
Index rose by 0.4 percent.
Meanwhile, European markets mostly ended lower. While the U.K.’s
FTSE 100 Index ended down by 0.55 percent, the German DAX Index
drifted down 0.11 percent, and France’s CAC 40 gained 0.28 percent.
The pan European Stoxx 600 edged down 0.03 percent.
In the bond market, treasuries gave back ground after moving
notably higher over the past few sessions. The yield on the
benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, moved
up to 4.222 percent.
Source: RTTNEWS
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