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May 30, 202410:55 AM EDTUpdated 5 min ago
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- US first-quarter economic growth revised lower
- Dollar General beats Q1 sales estimates, shares rise
- Tesla up after report on push to roll out advanced FSD in China
- Indexes down: Dow 0.93%, S&P 0.26%, Nasdaq 0.24%
May 30 (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes fell on Thursday, with a plunge in Salesforce dragging on the Dow, while data showing the economy grew slower than previously expected in the first quarter supported bets of interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year.
Salesforce (CRM.N), opens new tab was the biggest weight on the Dow, nosediving 20% after it forecast second-quarter profit and revenue below Street estimates due to weak client spending on its cloud and enterprise business products.
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U.S. gross domestic product growth for the first quarter was lowered to 1.3%, versus a previously estimated 1.6% expansion, primarily due to downward revisions to consumer spending, the Commerce Department reported.
Ahead of Friday’s personal consumption expenditure report for April – the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge – first-quarter growth in the core Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index was revised down to 3.6% from 3.7%. Weekly jobless claims also rose more than expected.
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U.S. Treasury yields dipped following the report, while chances for an at least 25-basis-point interest rate reduction in September edged up to nearly 52%, from 48.7% before the data, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch Tool.
“Less economic growth isn’t necessarily all that negative because we’re still in a growth pattern, and the good news is that inflation measured by the PCE was revised down… that will help alleviate pressures in the bond market and could cause stocks to stabilize,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities.
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Uncertainty over monetary policy, combined with heavy new Treasury issuance, has pushed bond yields higher and pressured stocks.
Traders now await remarks from New York Fed President John Williams and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan later in the day.
The benchmark S&P 500 Index (.SPX), opens new tab fell to its lowest in two weeks, while the blue-chip Dow (.DJI), opens new tab dropped to a one-month low.
However, small-cap stocks regained some ground, with the Russell 2000 Index (.RUT), opens new tab rising 0.7 % after the previous session’s 1.5% drop.
At 9:56 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), opens new tab was down 356.36 points, or 0.93%, at 38,085.18, the S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab was down 13.80 points, or 0.26%, at 5,253.15, and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC), opens new tab was down 40.29 points, or 0.24%, at 16,880.29.
Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab gained 2.7 % after Reuters reported the company was preparing to register its ‘Full Self-Driving’ software in China.
Retailer American Eagle Outfitters (AEO.N), opens new tab dropped 6.5%, posting downbeat quarterly revenue as sticky inflation hurt demand for its apparel and accessories, often sold full-price.
Department-store chain Kohl’s (KSS.N), opens new tab slumped 25.2 % after cutting its annual sales and profit forecasts.
Best Buy (BBY.N), opens new tab and HP (HPQ.N), opens new tab were the top S&P 500 gainers. Best Buy jumped 11.7% after beating forecasts for quarterly profit and predicting higher laptop sales, while HP (HPQ.N), opens new tab gained 12.4% after it posted better-than-expected second-quarter revenue.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 2.83-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1.82-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq .
The S&P index recorded seven new 52-week highs and eight new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 27 new highs and 36 new lows.
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Reporting by Johann M Cherian and Lisa Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
