US Stocks Finish Down On Resurgent Fed Fears
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2023-01-06 HKT 05:54
Solid US hiring data translated into another round of interest rate angst on Thursday, with US stocks ending sharply lower ahead of an upcoming government jobs report.
Private employment bounced by 235,000 jobs in December, more than analysts expected, with job creation robust across small and medium establishments, according to an ADP survey.
The data follows Federal Reserve meeting minutes released on Wednesday that continued to suggest a hard line on inflation after multiple interest rate hikes in 2022.
The Dow Jones finished down 1 percent at 32,930, the broad-based S&P 500 shed 1.2 percent to 3,808, and the tech-rich Nasdaq dropped 1.5 percent to 10,305.
Thursday's drop comes ahead of Friday's government jobs report for December. Analysts expect the US economy added 210,000 jobs in December and that the unemployment rate stayed at 3.7 percent.
Among individual companies, Amazon shed 2.4 percent as it announced it was cutting 18,000 jobs in the largest downsizing of the online giant's history.
Other large tech names also had a rough session, with Microsoft losing 3 percent and Google parent Alphabet 2.2 percent.
Bed Bath & Beyond sank around 30 percent as it warned that there is "substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern," a sign it could file for bankruptcy.
The retailer said it expected a loss of US$386 million in the just-finished quarter. (AFP)
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