Wall St slips as bumper payrolls data fans rate-cut worries
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Nonfarm Payrolls increase 272,000 in May versus 185,000 forecast
GameStop slides on likely stock offering, quarterly sales drop
Nvidia falls; market cap back below $3 trillion
Lyft gains after forecasting annual growth in bookings
Indexes down: Dow 0.02%, S&P 0.17%, Nasdaq 0.29%
Updated at 9:45 a.m. ET/13:45 GMT
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Johann M Cherian
June 7 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes dropped on Friday after a much stronger-than-expected employment report signaled that the labor market remains robust, dimming hopes of a September start to policy easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The Labor Department's report showed Nonfarm Payrolls rose by 272,000 jobs in May, against expectations of an increase of 185,000. Average hourly earnings rose 0.4% on a monthly basis, compared to an expectation of 0.3% growth.
Interest rate traders slashed bets on a September rate reduction, now seeing a roughly 56% chance, versus 68% before the data, according to the CME's FedWatch tool.
"It's the type of report that's not going to cause the Fed to want to change the course that it has been on, which is to describe the need for higher interest rates and the potential for strong job creation to keep upward pressure on inflation," said Brian Nick, senior investment strategist at The Macro Institute.
However, the unemployment rate rose to 4%, versus an expected 3.9%. Nonfarm Payroll numbers for April and March, too, were revised lower.
"The fact that you have these two figures, saying such different things, makes it very hard for investors and even harder for central bankers to know exactly what's going on," Nick said.
All eight S&P 500 sectors were in decline, led by rate-sensitive real-estate stocks .SPLRCL. The small-cap Russell 2000 index .RUT dropped 0.7 % to a one-month low, while the PHLX Housing Index .HGX fell 1.4 %.
Friday's numbers pointed to underlying strength in the U.S. labor market, offsetting a string of data over the past two weeks that indicated potential weakness and caused investors to increase bets on a September rate cut.
Among individual names, GameStop GME.N dropped 1.7% in volatile trading after announcing a potential stock offering and adrop in quarterly sales. The retailer'sshares had initially surgedafter stock influencer "Roaring Kitty" looked set to return to YouTube.
Other so-called meme stocks also fell, withAMC Entertainment AMC.N and Koss Corp KOSS.O down 2.4% and 4.3%, respectively. Retail-focused trading platform Robinhood HOOD.O gained 1.0%.
At9:45 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJIwas down 9.24 points, or 0.02%, at 38,876.93, the S&P 500 .SPXwas down 9.05 points, or 0.17%, at 5,343.91, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXICwas down 49.22 points, or 0.29%, at 17,123.91.
Still, all the three indexes were on track for a weekly rise, underpinned by gains logged earlier in the week.
Meanwhile, AI darling Nvidia <NVDA.O> slipped 1.8%, on track to extend the previous session's losses, with its valuation again dipping below the $3 trillion mark.
The chipmaker's highly anticipated 10-for-1 share split is due after markets close and could make the more-than-$1,000 stock cheaper for investors.
Lyft LYFT.O shares rose 5.3%, following a forecast of 15% annual growth in its gross bookings through 2027 after markets closed on Thursday.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 4.00-to-1 ratio on the NYSE , and by a 2.73-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq .
The S&P index recorded seven new 52-week highs and five new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 11 new highs and 54 new lows.
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Reporting by Lisa Mattackal and Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru, Editing by Pooja Desai
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