US markets end deeply in red on Monday

29 Nov 2022 Evaluate

The US markets ended deeply in red on Monday amid lingering uncertainty about the outlook for interest rates ahead of next month's Federal Reserve meeting. While the Fed is widely expected to slow the pace of interest rate hikes next month, the minutes of the central bank's early November meeting suggested some officials think rates will be to be raised higher than previously anticipated. Further, concerns about the latest developments in China contributed to the substantial pullback on Wall Street, as widespread protests against the Beijing's zero-Covid policy broke out over the weekend. A recent surge in new Covid cases in China has led officials to impose new restrictions in several major cities, dashing hopes the world's second-largest economy was on the way toward easing curbs.

Traders were also looking to the release of some key economic data in the coming days, including the Labor Department's closely watched monthly jobs report on Friday. On the sectoral front, gold stocks showed a substantial move to the downside on the day, resulting in a 4.3 percent plunge by the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index. The sell-off by gold stocks came amid a decrease by the price of the precious metal, with gold for December delivery falling $13.70 to $1,740.10 an ounce. Energy stocks also saw significant weakness even though the price of crude oil recovered from an eleven-month low to close notably higher. Commercial real estate, semiconductor and computer hardware stocks also saw notable weakness, moving lower along with most of the other major sectors.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 497.57 points or 1.45 percent to 33,849.46, Nasdaq dropped 176.86 points or 1.58 percent to 11,049.5 and S&P 500 was down by 62.18 points 1.54 percent to 3,963.94. 

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