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Showing Original Post only (View all)Dow falls more than 600 points, S&P 500 tumbles below 4,000 to the lowest level in a year [View all]
Source: CNBC
Stocks fell sharply Monday, pushing the S&P 500 to breach the 4,000 level for the first time in more than a year as the market sell-off continued.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 653.67 points to 32,245.70, or 1.99%. The S&P 500 fell 3.2% to settle at 3,991.24, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 4.29% to 11,623.25.
The S&P 500 traded as low as 3,975.48 on the day, dipping below the 4,000 mark to its lowest level since March 2021 and pulling back 17% from a 52-week high as traders struggled to bounce back from last weeks big market swings. All sectors except for consumer staples dipped into the red.
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This is significant repricing, this is significant dislocation and this is all being spurred and driven by Federal Reserve policy, said Jeff Kilburg of Sanctuary Wealth. The only way I see us finding the bottom in equities short-term, the only way I see markets healing is if the Fed has the ability with the tools in their toolbox to calm down interest rates. The 10-year note needs to go back under 3%.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/08/stock-futures-fall-as-wall-street-looks-to-stabilize-after-rollercoaster-week.html