06/12/2021
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On Friday, U.S. tech stocks led the market lower. The Nasdaq 100 slumped 278.72 points (-1.74%) to 15,712, the S&P 500 was down 38.67 points (-0.84%) to 4,538, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 59.71 points (-0.17%) to 34,580.
Market sentiment was still troubled by uncertainty concerning the new coronavirus variant Omicron as well as the hawkish tone adopted by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell earlier in the week. Meanwhile, U.S. official data showed that the economy added 210,000 nonfarm payrolls in November, greatly missing an addition of 550,000 expected, with the jobless rate declining to 4.2% (vs 4.5% expected).
The automobiles (-5.65%), banks (-2.26%), and software (-1.95%) sectors lost the most. Tesla (TSLA) fell 6.42%, Adobe (ADBE) slumped 8.24%, Zoom Video Communications (ZM) dropped 4.08%, and Boeing Co (BA) was down 1.92%.
At the same time, DiDi Global (DIDI) plunged 22.18% after the company announced plans to file for a delisting of shares from the U.S. and prepare a listing in Hong Kong.
The U.S. 10-year Treasury Yield sank 9.1 basis points to 1.353%.
Further on U.S. economic data, the ISM services index posted at 69.1 for November (vs 65.0 expected), and the Market U.S. services purchasing managers index was confirmed at 58.0 (vs 57.0 expected). Factory orders grew 1.0% on month in October (vs +0.5% expected), and durable goods orders were down 0.4% (vs -0.5% expected).
European stocks closed lower. The DAX 40 fell 0.61%, the CAC 40 lost 0.44%, and the FTSE 100 dipped 0.10%.
U.S. WTI crude futures settled flat at $66.40 a barrel.
Gold added $15 to $1,784 an ounce.