About this episode

The episode discusses the record high of the Dow Jones amid a weak jobs report and the decline of tech stocks.

According to Yahoo Finance, the Dow Jones industrial average jumped about five hundred ninety five points, roughly a one point one percent gain, to close near fifty two thousand nine hundred United States dollars, setting a new record, while the Standard and Poor five hundred finished essentially flat around seven thousand four hundred eighty three United States dollars and the Nasdaq composite fell about zero point eight percent to roughly twenty six thousand forty United States dollars[2][8][15]. Yahoo Finance reports that the market direction was driven by a weaker than expected June employment report, showing about fifty seven thousand jobs added versus forecasts above one hundred thousand, which eased expectations for an immediate interest rate increase by the United States Federal Reserve and boosted so called value and financial shares while putting renewed pressure on technology and semiconductor names[2][4][8]. According to Yahoo Finance, technology stocks and the information technology sector were the notable decliners, with sector exchange traded funds down more than two percent, while communication services and financial sectors led gains with moves of roughly two to…

Topics covered

• stock market
• employment report
• technology stocks
• financial sector
• Dow Jones
• interest rates

Keywords

• Dow Jones
• jobs report
• technology stocks
• interest rates
• Tesla
• financial sector

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yahoo Finance, Tesla, Advanced Micro Devices, Micron Technology, Intel

Places: United States

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