Stock Market Today: Dow Closes Lower as Rising Treasury Yields Dent Tech
2022.10.14 18:11
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By Yasin Ebrahim
Investing.com — The Dow closed lower Friday, driven by a wreck in tech following a jump in Treasury yields after data pointing to growing expectations for higher for longer inflation stoked investor jitters further about Federal Reserve rate hikes.
The fell 1.3%, or 403 points, the fell 2.3%, the was down 3%.
The University of Michigan showed that the median expected rate rose to 5.1%, above the 4.7% seen in September.
A climb in inflation expectations, a closely watched metric by the Federal Reserve, comes just a day after data showed worse-than-feared inflation pressure.
“[W]e see drivers of disinflation on the horizon, most notably from a reversal in vehicle prices and a downshift in medical services,” Morgan Stanley said. “Risks are tilted towards more Fed tightening this year,” it added.
Treasury yields climbed, with the topping 4%, as the odds for a 0.75% Fed rate hike for November are now
Rising rates weighed heavy on growth sectors of the market including tech and consumer discretionary stocks.
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), down 3%, led big tech lower, with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:), Alphabet (NASDAQ:) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:) down more than 2%.
Major Wall Street banks, meanwhile, kicked off the quarterly earnings season in earnest, with mostly better-than-expected quarterly results.
JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) rose more than 2% after reporting better-than-expected , as rising interest rates boosted net interest income offsetting weakness in investment banking revenue.
(NYSE:) and (NYSE:) also reported better-than-expected quarter results, but Morgan Stanley (NYSE:) bucked the trend as weaker performance in its investment banking business .
Tesla (NASDAQ:) slumped more than 7% dragging consumer discretionary stocks lower after Wells Fargo cut its price target on the stock to $230 from $280 a share, citing worries about the impact of higher interest rates.
The price cut comes just a week ahead of the electric automaker’s third-quarter results slated for Oct. 19.
In deal news, Albertsons (NYSE:) fell more than 8% on reports that Kroger (NYSE:) had agreed to purchase the Safeway owner in a deal valued at $24.6 billion, or $34.10 a share.
