Wall Street ends lower, Dow confirms bear market
- Fed rate hikes have investors 'throwing in the towel'
- Casinos jump as Macau allows tour groups after nearly 3 years
- Indexes: $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ -1.11%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ -1.03%, $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ -0.60%
- Casinos jump as Macau allows tour groups after nearly 3 years
- Indexes: $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ -1.11%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ -1.03%, $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ -0.60%
Wall Street slid deeper into a bear market on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Dow closing lower as investors fretted that the Federal Reserve's aggressive campaign against inflation could throw the U.S. economy into a sharp downturn.
After two weeks of mostly steady losses on the U.S. stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average confirmed it has been in a bear market since early January. The S&P 500 index confirmed in June it was in a bear market, and on Monday it ended the session below its mid-June closing low, extending this year's overall selloff.
With the Fed signaling last Wednesday that high interest rates could last through 2023, the S&P 500 has relinquished the last of its gains made in a summer rally.
Confidence among stock traders was also shaken by dramatic moves in the global foreign exchange market as sterling hit an all-time low on worries that the new British government's fiscal plan released Friday threatened to stretch the country's finances.
That added an extra layer of volatility to markets, where investors are worried about a global recession amid decades-high inflation. The CBOE Volatility index, hovered near three-month highs.
The Dow is now down 20.5% from its record high close on Jan. 4. According to a widely used definition, ending the session down 20% or more from its record high close confirms the Dow has been in a bear market since hitting its January peak.
The S&P 500 has yet to drop below its intra-day low on June 17. It is down about 23% so far in 2022.
Shares of casino operators Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands Corp and Melco Resorts & Entertainment jumped between 11.8% and 25.5% after Macau planned to open to mainland Chinese tour groups in November for the first time in almost three years. $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$
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