Stock market news: Dow plunges 800 points, Nasdaq and S&P 500 sink as global sell-off intensifies
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Published 2024-08-05
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Wall Street's stock sell-off intensified in a major way Monday as concerns mounted over the health of the US economy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell nearly 800 points. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was crushed more than 2% after the tech-heavy index entered into a correction with Friday's sharp losses. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) losses cascaded about more than 2%.
Wall Street's "fear gauge" — the CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) — soared, reaching its highest level since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Treasury yields plummeted, with the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) sinking below 3.8%.
The global stock market is in the midst of a rapidly intensifying sell-off after Friday's lackluster US jobs report added to concerns about the economy and on whether the Federal Reserve had waited too long to begin cutting interest rates. Of note, almost 100% of bets are on the central bank to cut rates by 0.5% by its September meeting, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
Some of the biggest companies in the stock market saw their values plummet at the open. Apple (AAPL) declined 4% amid the sell-off, and also after news that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) had cut its stake in the company in half. Nvidia's (NVDA) pull back continued, as it dropped as much as 13% before paring some of its losses. Tesla (TSLA) fell more than 3%
Crypto also took a beating, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) sinking more than 8% to creep back toward the $54,000 level.
The concerns have spread throughout the world, as well. Traders in Asia greeted the week with a similar sell-off, as Japan's Nikkei 225 (^N225) was routed by more than 12% in its biggest-ever daily loss, after a surprise interest rate hike from the Bank of Japan last week.
The sharp rise in the Japanese Yen against the US dollar has spurred heavy selling as speculators who borrowed money at Japan's prior 0% interest rate to buy US risk assets have been liquidating their holdings.
The US market is headed into a quieter week of data and earnings. With the jobs market still in focus, weekly unemployment claims due Thursday will take a bigger spotlight than usual.
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