US stocks retreat as Treasury bond yields climb

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York City.PHOTO: AFP

UPDATED May 29, 2025, 09:21 AM

 stocks retreated on May 28 ahead of earnings from artificial intelligence titan Nvidia, with US Treasury bond yields ticking higher.

Results from chip company Nvidia have been the most anticipated event of the week, given the company’s influence as a leader in AI. Nvidia shares fell 0.5 per cent on May 28.

US Treasury yields resumed their upward climb. Yields had moderated in recent days after spiking to multi-month highs last week in a sign of unease about the US fiscal outlook.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 0.6 per cent at 42,098.70.

The broad-based S&P 500 also dropped 0.6 per cent to 5,888.55, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 0.5 per cent to 19,100.94.

Minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting reported that US firms had warned the central bank that the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs would likely be borne by consumers.

At that meeting, policymakers voted to hold the US central bank’s benchmark lending rate between 4.25 and 4.5 per cent as they continued to fight inflation, which remains above the Fed’s long-term target of 2 per cent.

Mr Peter Cardillo, of Spartan Capital Securities, described the minutes as in line with expectations, adding that the market is focused on Nvidia and the May 30 US inflation report.

“The next big hurdle for the market will be Nvidia’s earnings this evening, and then on May 30 we have the (inflation) index,” he said.

Shares of Cadence Design System and Synopsys slumped following a Financial Times report that the Trump administration had told the companies to stop supplying technology to China.

US officials did not immediately respond to queries on the issue. AFP

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