Wall Street closes mixed as tech rout deepens, small caps and Dow resist the selloff
Executive summary: U.S. markets finished sharply mixed, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 under pressure as megacap tech, chips, crypto and several commodities sold off hard. The Dow Jones and Russell 2000 held up better, suggesting a rotation away from the most crowded growth trades and into more cyclical or value-sensitive areas. The move was broad enough to hit Nvidia, Apple, Meta, Amazon, Tesla and the SOXX chip ETF, while silver, ether, bitcoin and WTI crude also fell sharply. Natural gas was one of the few notable gainers. [Continue Reading]
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Wall Street closes mixed as chip strength clashes with broad tech and crypto selling
Executive summary: US stocks finished mixed, with the Dow Jones higher while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite fell. The standout move was in semiconductors, where SOXX rose 4.247% even as Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Tesla and Bitcoin all sold off sharply. Gold, silver and crude also weakened, while the Russell 2000 outperformed, suggesting a rotation away from mega-cap growth and into smaller-cap shares. [Continue Reading]

