U.S. stocks turn sharply negative after weak data
Main U.S. indexes red; Nasdaq hit hardest, down ~2%
Real Est leads S&P sector gainers; Tech weakest group
Dollar up; gold slips; crude off ~1%; bitcoin off >2%
U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield slides to ~3.98%
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U.S. STOCKS REVERSE, TURN SHARPLY NEGATIVE AFTER WEAK DATA
U.S. stock indexes have turned decidedly negative in the aftermath of some weak economic data prints.
Before the open, initial jobless claims came in at 249k vs a 236k estimate. Stocks pushed higher initially with the S&P 500 index .SPX hitting its intraday high at 945 ET, which coincided with the release of July ISM manufacturing PMI, which came in at 46.8 vs a consensus forecast of 48.8. At 1000 ET, June construction spending also came in below the estimate.
Matthew Martin, U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, wrote in a client note that the decline in the ISM manufacturing to its lowest point since November confirms the sector is still struggling from high interest rates and slowing demand.
He believes some of these pressures will abate if the Federal Reserve begins its rate cutting campaign in September. But even then, it will take time for lower borrowing costs and easing credit conditions to work their way through the system, he writes.
Meanwhile, concerns over the economy, in the wake of the Fed leaving rates unchanged on Wednesday, are taking their toll.
The S&P 500 .SPX and Dow .DJI are now both down more than 1% each. The Nasdaq .IXIC is off nearly 2%.
S&P 500 sectors are mixed, with defensive groups showing strength, and more economically sensitive groups declining.
Under the surface, chips .SOX, regional banks .KRX, and small caps .RUT are among those groups taking especially big hits.
The U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield US10YT=RR has broken below 4.0% and has hit its lowest level since early February. The yield is also on track to fall for a sixth day in a row. The yield fell six-straight days with a streak that ended in early June.
Apple AAPL.O and Amazon.com AMZN.O are due to report quarterly results after the closing bell, and markets are bracing for the July jobs report on Friday morning.
Here is a snapshot of where markets stood around 1249 ET (1649 GMT):
(Terence Gabriel)
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(Terence Gabriel is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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