Wall St falls as jobs data fans higher rate fears
时间:2024-06-26 09:06:52 阅读(143)
Wall Street’s main indexes edged lower on Friday after data showed the economy added jobs at a rapid pace last month, feeding into fears that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates higher for longer in its fight against inflation.The Labor Department’s nonfarm payrolls report showed 517,000 job additions in January, almost three times expectations of 185,000 additions. The unemployment rate ticked down 3.4% in January to hit a more than 53-1/2-year low.
“Whenever we see these big numbers, the fear of the Fed comes back with a vengeance because people are probably afraid that the Fed is going to push things even further than what they have, running the risk of not soft landing, but more of a car crash,” said Brian Jacobsen, senior investment strategist for Allspring Global Investments.
Apple Inc forecast another revenue decline at the start of the year, but its shares reversed course to trade 3% higher.Amazon.com Inc fell 4.5% as it warned that its operating profit could fall to zero in the current quarter, and Google parent Alphabet Inc missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter results, sending its shares down 1.5%.The results looked set to snap the previous session’s rally on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s repeated references to the “disinflationary” process being underway in his remarks after Wednesday’s meeting.The three main Wall Street indexes were still set for gains this week. The Nasdaq eyed its fifth consecutive weekly advance, its best streak since October.
At 10:18 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 52.53 points, or 0.15%, at 34,001.41, the S&P 500 was down 14.19 points, or 0.34%, at 4,165.57, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 38.81 points, or 0.32%, at 12,162.01.Ten of the top 11 S&P 500 sectors fell with only energy stocks in positive territory as oil prices rose.Ford Motor Co dropped 8.1% after missing quarterly earnings expectations while also warning of a rocky year ahead.In a bright spot, Tesla Inc jumped 5.6%, boosted by strong January electric vehicle sales in China.
Nearly 70% of half the S&P 500 firms that reported fourth-quarter earnings have topped Wall Street expectations. Analysts now see earnings of S&P 500 firms declining 2.7% for the quarter, according to Refinitiv.Declining issues outnumbered advancers for a 2.41-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and for a 1.44-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.The S&P index recorded eight new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 54 new highs and five new lows.
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