Inventory market in the present day: S&P 500 slumps as rising Treasury yields dent tech

Investing.com– The S&P 500 closed sharply decrease Tuesday, as tech was harm by rising Treasury yields after financial knowledge flagged issues about stickier inflation, reining in bets of additional Federal Reserve fee cuts.    

At 4:00 p.m. ET (21:00 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Common fell 177 factors, or 0.4%, the S&P 500 index fell 1.1%, and the NASDAQ Composite rose 65 factors, or 1.9%.

Treasury yields rise after knowledge level to recent inflation issues

Treasury yields jumped as companies knowledge for December displaying indicators of inflationary stress and a soar in job openings for November stoked issues about inflation, casting doubt on sooner fee cuts.   

The costs paid element within the ISM non-manufacturing survey rose to “the very best stage since September 2023, and continued a 91-month streak of readings above 50,” Jefferies mentioned in a Tuesday observe. “This isn’t nice information for the Fed reaching it is inflation goal, however it’s in line with a robust tempo of exercise within the sector total,” it added.

The ADP personal payrolls report is slated for Wednesday, forward of Friday’s widely-watched December’s nonfarm payrolls report.

Nvidia leads tech decrease; Tesla will get BofA downgrade

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) fell 6% Tuesday, giving up early-day positive aspects as rising Treasury yields blunted progress sectors of the market together with tech. The chipmaker’s retreat comes a day after briefly hitting a report excessive. 

At CES 2025, a serious annual tech convention in Las Vegas, CEO Jensen Huang laid out how the world’s second-most beneficial agency is bringing know-how that powers its profitable knowledge heart AI chips to shopper PCs and laptops.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META inventory fell 2% after the Fb-parent mentioned it will finish its present third-party fact-checking program in the USA and as an alternative start transferring to a ‘Neighborhood Notes’ program just like that on social media platform X.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) inventory fell 1% after the software program large introduced plans to spend $3 billion to increase its Azure cloud and synthetic intelligence capability in India.

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) fell greater than 4% after Financial institution of America downgraded the EV maker to impartial from purchase, citing valuation issues.

Trump feedback mood optimism

Past tech, positive aspects in inventory markets had been considerably tempered by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump denying media studies that his administration will pursue a much less aggressive tariff regime than beforehand feared. 

Trump denied a Washington Submit report that his administration will solely goal sure sectors in imposing commerce tariffs, as an alternative of the broad tariffs promised by Trump throughout his campaigning. 

Uncertainty over Trump’s insurance policies had additionally weighed on Wall Road at first of the yr, given that he’s extensively anticipated to enact expansionary and protectionist insurance policies that might underpin inflation and disrupt world commerce. 

(Peter Nurse, Ambar Warrick contributed to this text.)