Tech sell-off drags stocks to worst day in 6 weeks

• US stocks dropped connected Wednesday, dragged by a continued emergence successful Treasury yields.
• Tech shares sold off, pinch nan Nasdaq losing almost 2%.
• Bond yields continued to climb arsenic investors reset liking complaint expectations.

US stocks notched their worst losses successful complete a month, driven by rising enslaved yields that dragged tech shares lower.

Major averages tumbled, pinch nan Dow Jones Industrial Average losing complete 400 points and nan Nasdaq Composite losing 1.6%.

The convention marks nan 3rd losing time successful a statement for nan S&P 500 and nan Dow, which some traded astatine all-time highs astatine nan extremity of past week.

Apple led a decline successful tech stocks aft a salient proviso concatenation expert said nan institution was seeing waning request for its caller iPhone 16. The banal dropped arsenic overmuch arsenic 3% Wednesday afternoon, and closing little by much than 2% to people its worst time since early August.

Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft, and different large-cap tech stocks besides moved little successful Wednesday trades.

Tesla shares slid 2% arsenic traders headed into nan carmaker's third-quarter earnings results, which will beryllium published aft nan closing bell. Wall Street expects nan institution to study $25.43 cardinal successful revenue, pinch analysts keeping a adjacent oculus connected profit margins for nan past quarter.

Bond yields continued to emergence connected Wednesday, pinch prices extending nan week's diminution arsenic traders dialed backmost expectations for coming Fed complaint cuts amid basking economical information and cautious comments from officials this week.

Odds for 75 ground points of cuts done January of adjacent twelvemonth dropped to 44%, down from 66% past week, according to nan CME FedWatch tool.

The output connected nan 10-year US Treasury concisely roseate supra 4.25% and hovered astir its highest level since July.

"Treasury yields proceed to move higher this week, which is causing nan banal marketplace to settee down," Louis Navellier, nan main finance serviceman of Navellier & Associates, said successful a note.

"The banal marketplace is going to request immoderate net surprises from much flagship stocks to get its "mojo" back. Fortunately, adjacent week will beryllium nan biggest week for net announcements."

MacDonald's banal ended 5% little arsenic traders reacted to nan news of an E.Coli outbreak linked to nan chain's Quarter-Pounder, which nan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said had caused 1 decease and galore hospitalizations.

Here's wherever US indexes stood astatine nan 4:00 p.m. closing doorbell connected Wednesday:

• S&P 500: 5,797.42, down 0.92%
• Dow Jones Industrial Average: 42,514.95, down 0.96% (-409.94 points)
• Nasdaq composite: 18,276.65, down 1.6%

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• Here are a fewer theories astir nan "whale" betting large connected a Trump triumph successful November.
• Existing location income deed a 14-month debased successful September.
• The banal marketplace is flashing a signal that preceded a 10% slump successful nan past, according to Citi.
• One world marketplace is already pricing successful a Trump victory.
• Energy markets are "schizophrenic" amid rising geopolitical tensions and China's stimulus, according to 1 power expert.

In commodities, bonds, and crypto:

• West Texas Intermediate crude lipid was down 1.37% to $70.76 a barrel. Brent crude, nan world benchmark held dependable astir $74.99 a barrel.
• Gold slipped 1.2% to $2,715.75 an ounce.
• The 10-year Treasury output climbed 3 ground points to 4.24%.
• Bitcoin fell 1.7% to $66,294.