Tech stocks tumble as investors balk at lofty valuations

• US stocks closed mixed with the tech-heavy Nasdaq losing over 2% as investors pivot out of highly-valued tech stocks.
• SPAC Churchill Capital IV spiked as much as 19% on a report a deal with EV maker Lucid Motors could come as soon as Tuesday.
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US stocks were mixed on Monday with tech stocks pulling back over valuation concerns while investors weighed what rising yields could mean for inflation.

Fundstrat's Thomas Lee says the case for cyclical stocks within energy, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, and financials is strengthening as coronavirus cases fall and the US economy begins to re-open.

US lawmakers will debate on President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan act this week. Also, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell will deliver testimony to the Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees

Here's where US indexes stood at the 4 p.m. ET close on Monday:

• S&P 500: 3,876.51 down 0.77%
• Dow Jones industrial average: 31,523.40, up 0.09% (29.08 points)
• Nasdaq composite: 13,533.05, down 2.46%

Shares of Churchill Capital IV spiked as much as 19% on Monday after a Bloomberg report said a merger with the electric-vehicle maker Lucid Motors could come as soon as Tuesday. The report follows weeks of rumors that special-purpose acquisition company Churchill would merge with Lucid.

Famed Reddit trader Keith Gill has increased his stake in GameStop, according to a screenshot he posted to Reddit on Friday. Gill, who goes by Roaring Kitty on YouTube and Twitter and DeepF---ingValue on Reddit, now owns 100,000 shares of the video-game retailer, representing a double of his previous common share stake of 50,000 shares.

General Electric gained as much as 5.6% on Monday but Goldman Sachs predicts the stock could jump roughly 20% to $15 per share. Analysts from the firm sat down with GE executives on Friday to discuss the company's operations and financials. The analysts came away "encouraged" by free cash flow and power business momentum at the company.

Bitcoin tumbled as much as 17% on Monday after hitting a record above $58,000 over the weekend, though Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino says daily price movements are "more of a sideshow."

"Today's price movement may galvanize bitcoin's many critics, including those who recently dismissed the leading cryptocurrency as an economic sideshow. Such criticism misses the point and the profound impact it is starting to have. For many of the battle-tested exchanges that have weathered the market fluctuations, volatility isn't new and is to be expected in such a young market. For many in the industry, development and deployment is priority," Ardoino said on Monday.

Oil prices spiked. West Texas Intermediate crude rose as much as 4.14%, to $61.69 per barrel. Brent crude, oil's international benchmark, jumped 3.7%, to $65.24 per barrel.

Gold rose 1.75% to $1,808.60 per ounce, at intraday highs.