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July 30, Market Update

7/31/2018

 
Stocks dropped for a third straight session on Monday, with tech shares again pacing the retreat. Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.6% apiece, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite tumbled 1.4%. The averages opened flat, but slipped into the afternoon, settling just above session lows.
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The technology sector -- which is the heaviest sector by weight, representing a quarter of the broader market -- was undoubtedly the worst-performing group on Monday, losing 1.8%. More than half of its components shed at least 1.0%, with Twitter (TWTR 31.38, -2.74) losing 8.0%, Netflix (NFLX 334.96, -20.25) dropping 5.7%, and Facebook (FB 171.06, -3.83) tumbling 2.2%.
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Monday's tech tumble followed similar declines on Thursday and Friday -- which were set in motion by Facebook's 19% plunge last Thursday following disappointing earnings/guidance -- and points to continued profit taking following a strong run ahead of earnings season; the tech sector added 7.9% from July 3 to July 25.
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Elsewhere, Amazon (AMZN 1779.22, -38.05, -2.1%) fell with its FAANG peers, helping to secure a loss for the consumer discretionary sector (-0.8%). The industrial sector (-0.9%) also struggled following an intraday reversal from Caterpillar (CAT 139.75, -2.81), which went from +2.8% to -2.0% despite reporting upbeat earnings and guidance.
Away from equities, U.S. Treasuries finished flat to modestly lower, pushing the back end of the yield curve slightly higher; the yield on the benchmark 10-yr Treasury note climbed two basis points to 2.98%. Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index dropped 0.3% to 94.16, and the CBOE Volatility Index spiked 8.8% to 14.19, a three-week high.
Source: Briefing.com
Graph: Google Finance


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