Tech drags its feet at the top of Fed week
Dow gains; S&P 500 ~flat; Nasdaq dips
Energy up most among S&P 500 sectors; Tech biggest laggard
Euro STOXX 600 index off ~0.3%
Dollar down; bitcoin off >2%; gold edges up; crude up >2%
U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield ~flat at ~3.65%
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TECH DRAGS ITS FEET AT THE TOP OF FED WEEK
Wall Street is off to a mixed start early on Monday in the wake of last week's solid gains, as investors prepare to embark on a new week and a new era of policy easing from the Federal Reserve.
Among the three major U.S. stock indexes, the tech-laden Nasdaq .IXIC is down, with five of the "magnificent seven" group of megacap momentum stocks providing a drag on the S&P 500 .SPX, which is roughly flat so far on the day.
The blue-chip Dow .DJI is a healthy green.
This comes on the heels of a week marked by solid gains, in which the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 nabbed their biggest weekly percentage gains since November.
Value .IVX is up, while growth .IGX, and tech .SPLRCT, chips .SOX and FANG+ stocks .NYFANG are clear underperformers.
Investors are laser-focused on the size of the interest rate cut to be announced at the conclusion of the Fed's policy meeting on Wednesday.
At last glance, financial markets are currently baking in a 63% likelihood of a super-sized, 50-basis-point cut and a 37% chance of a smaller, bite-sized, 25 bp cut, according to CME's FedWatch tool.
That marks a stark reversal from a week ago, when markets were setting 70% odds of 25 bp and a 30% chance of a 50 bp reduction, per CME.
Here's were things stood as of 09:53 EDT:
(Stephen Culp)
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FOR MONDAY'S OTHER LIVE MARKETS POSTS:
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FROM NOW UNTIL YEAR-END: WHAT COULD GO WELL - CLICK HERE
BUYBACKS FROM EUROPEAN ENERGY NAMES TO SLOW IN 2025 - UBS - CLICK HERE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE FED EASING STARTS? - CLICK HERE
TEPID START FOR STOXX AS MINERS WEIGH - CLICK HERE
WEAK START FOR EUROPE AHEAD OF PACKED WEEK - CLICK HERE
HANGING ON THE FED - CLICK HERE
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