U.S. Stocks Sink Into Close on Rout in Tech Shares: Markets Wrap
- Energy, financial stocks lead gains while tech shares fall
- Swaps market pricing in a full 25 basis point hike for June
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A final-hour selloff in tech shares sent U.S. stocks to a second straight loss, while Treasuries retreated following President Joe Biden’s nomination of Jerome Powell to head the Federal Reserve for a second term. The dollar climbed.
The S&P 500 turned lower in the final hour of trading, while the Nasdaq 100 dropped more than 1%. The broader index had spent all of the session higher before a sell-off in tech shares popular among hedge funds dragged it lower for the day. Peloton Interactive Inc. and Docusign Inc. slid at least 5.5%. Farfetch Ltd. and Snowflake Inc. drove a basket of software and internet companies that have yet to earn any money down more than 5%.