The US markets ended lower on Monday as traders looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's policy announcement due on Wednesday. The Fed, which is set to meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, is widely expected to raise interest rate by another 75 basis points - its fourth straight rate hike - to fight soaring inflation. Meanwhile, traders continued to react to recent quarterly earnings updates from big-name companies. Among the prominent losers in the session was Apple Inc (AAPL), which drifted down more than 1.5 percent on reports the production of the company's iPhones could drop by around 30 percent next month. A surge in Covid-19 curbs in China is cited as the reason for the likely drop in production.
Amazon Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc shed about 1 percent, 1.6 percent, and 1.8 percent, respectively. Shares of Meta Platforms Inc plunged more than 6 percent. Intel (INTC) lost about 2.2 percent. Coco-Cola (KO), American Express (AXP) and Amgen (AMGN) lost 1.25 to 1.4 percent. On the economic data front, a report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) showed the Chicago PMI in the US dropped to 45.20 points in October from 45.70 points in September of 2022. The reading was the lowest since June of 2020.
Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128.85 points or 0.39 percent to 32,861.8, Nasdaq dropped 114.31 points or 1.03 percent to 10,988.15 and S&P 500 was down by 29.08 points 0.75 percent to 3,871.98.
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