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Equity Alert: US indices close lower Mon on fall in technology stocks

 

MUMBAI--0737 IST--US equity indices ended lower Monday due to a fall in technology stocks. This comes after the S&P 500 hit an all-time high of 6945.770 points on Friday after rising for five straight sessions, during which it gained over 3%. However, the index closed lower on Friday and Monday. Similarly, the Nasdaq Composite rose for five straight sessions before ending lower on Friday and Monday. 

 

Artificial intelligence stocks such as Nvidia, Palantir Technologies, Meta Platforms and Oracle suffered losses. Shares of Nvidia fell over 1%, after the 5% gains it saw last week, according to a report by CNBC. Palantir Technologies fell over 2% during the session and shares of Meta Platforms and Oracle fell around 1?ch. "Given this week's light economic calendar, internal momentum could be the main market storyline this week," said Chris Larkin, head of trading and investing at E-Trade from Morgan Stanley, according to the CNBC report. "If stocks are going to close out another year of double-digit gains on a high note, they'll likely need tech to do much of the heavy lifting," Larkin added. 

 

Shares of Tesla fell 3.3?ter hitting a record high the previous week, according to a Reuters report. The fall seen by the stock weighed on the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary (Sector). The S&P 500 Materials (Sector) fell due to a fall in prices of precious metals, with silver falling sharply after crossing $80 per ounce for the first time. Bank stocks pulled back after a strong rally this year, with shares of Citi Bank falling 1.9%. The stock has risen 68% this year after the bank took steps to address compliance issues. Energy stocks gained almost 1% due to a 2% rise in oil prices, according to a Reuters report. 

 

The market is in the middle of a Santa Claus rally, a period between the last five trading days of the year and the first two trading days of the new year, during which the S&P 500 has seen a gain of more than 1% on average since 1950 according to the Stock Trader's Almanac, CNBC reported. Investors will await minutes of the US central bank's December meeting, due in the early hours of Wednesday, India time.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Monday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6905.74	(-)0.35
NASDAQ Composite	23474.349	(-)0.50
Dow Jones Industrial Average	48461.93	(-)0.51

 

(Akshat Saksena)

 

US$1 = INR 89.98

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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