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| Close on 10/19/2026 | 718.36 |
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- US stock indexes off to mixed start as tech sector weighs on market
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- US stock indexes are mixed as tech sector weighs on market
US stocks closed lower on Friday as a broad sell-off in technology pulled the market down, with the S&P 500 falling 1.1% and the Nasdaq 2.1%. The S&P 500 gave up its gains from the previous week, when it hit an all-time high, and the Nasdaq posted its first weekly loss in five weeks. Chipmakers such as Micron, AMD, Broadcom and Intel were among the biggest decliners, as investors worried how long the AI spending boom would last while bond yields were at multi-year highs. The 10-year Treasury yield eased to 5.09%, and traders put the odds of a December Fed rate hike at 74.3%. Brent crude rose 3.7% to $109.86 a barrel, and US gasoline averaged $4.33 a gallon, versus $3.06 a year ago.
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