- US stocks closed lower to start the week, losing steam after last week's modest rally.
- A wave of companies will kick off quarterly earnings season starting this week.
US stocks closed lower to start the week, with the
Tech shares led stocks lower for the day, with losses accelerating among the major indexes as the session wound down. Quarterly earnings season begins this week, and investors are watching closely for any impact $4
On Wednesday,
"Inflation is 'public enemy number one' and that will continue to drive fears that the Fed will aggressively tighten policy and send the US economy quickly into a recession," wrote Edward Moya, senior markets analyst at Oanda, adding that this week is particularly important for investors ahead of the Federal Reserve's next meeting at the end of the month.
Here's where US indexes stood after the 4 p.m. closing bell on Monday:
- S&P 500>$4: 3,854.47, down 1.15%
- Dow Jones Industrial Average>$4: 31,175.52, down 0.52% (162.63 points)
- Nasdaq Composite>$4: 11,372.60, down 2.26%
Soaring energy prices have been a boon for Russia even as sanctions look to cut off
BlackRock warned in its mid-year outlook that $4 as it looks to tackle inflation. The world's largest asset manager said the Fed is going about fighting high prices the wrong way and that it'll only adjust after the bad news is already here.
In
Oil prices were lower but pared losses after being down as much as 4%. WTI was down about 1%, trading at $103.71. Brent, oil's international benchmark, slipped 0.3% to $106.67.
Gold eased less than 1%, trading at $1,730.20 per ounce. The 10-year bond yield plunged 11.6 basis points to 2.985%.
Bitcoin fell nearly 2% to $20,488.