The US markets ended lower on Tuesday with Dow Jones Industrial Average settling cut of one percent amid renewed uncertainty about the outlook for interest rates as traders digested recent U.S. economic data. Treasury yields moved sharply higher in reaction to the data on Monday and saw further upside during today's session, with the yield on the benchmark ten-year note reaching a four-month high. Traders have also taken the opportunity to cash in on some of the recent strength in the markets ahead of remarks by Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday and the release of the monthly jobs report on Friday. On the sectoral front, networking stocks moved sharply lower over the course of the session, resulting in a 2.7 percent nosedive by the NYE Arca Networking Index.
Substantial weakness was also visible among housing stocks, with the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index plunging by 2.5 percent. The index pulled back further off last Thursday's record closing high. Airline stocks also showed a significant move to the downside on the day, dragging the NYSE Arca Airline Index down by 1.8 percent. On the economic data front, the Commerce Department released a report showing a significant rebound in factory orders in the month of February. The Commerce Department said factory orders surged by 1.4 percent in February after plunging by a revised 3.8 percent in January. Street had expected factory orders to jump by 1.0 percent compared to the 3.6 percent slump originally reported for the previous month.
Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 396.61 points or 1 percent to 39,170.24, Nasdaq dropped 156.38 points or 0.95 percent to 16,240.45 and S&P 500 was down by 37.96 points or 0.72 percent to 5,205.81.
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