The US markets ended lower on Tuesday as treasury yields extended the strong upward move seen on Monday, weighing on high-growth technology stocks. The yield on the benchmark ten-year note climbed to its highest level in over a year amid optimism about the coronavirus vaccine rollouts and the economy reopening as well as President Joe Biden's soon to be announced infrastructure plan. President Joe Biden is expected to provide details about his infrastructure plan when he travels to Pittsburgh on Wednesday. The spending package could cost north of $3 trillion.
On the economic data front, Consumer confidence in the US skyrocketed by much more than anticipated in the month of March, according to a report released by the Conference Board. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index spiked to 109.7 in March from a downwardly revised 90.4 in February. Street had expected the consumer confidence index to climb to 96.0 from the 91.3 originally reported for the previous month. With the much bigger than expected increase, the consumer confidence index reached its highest level since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March of 2020.
Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 104.41 points or 0.31 percent to 33,066.96, Nasdaq dropped 14.25 points or 0.11 percent to 13,045.39 and S&P 500 was down by 12.54 points or 0.32 percent to 3,958.55.
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