Stocks fell on Monday, as investors look ahead to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's upcoming speech on inflation later this week, ending the market's summer rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped over 600 points, while the S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite both fell over 2%.
Here's how the market settled on Monday:
S&P 500 Index
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Nasdaq Composite Index
Monday's losses follow a losing week, with the S&P 500 snapping a four-week winning streak. Still, the index is well above bear market territory, with the S&P 500 about 13% above its June lows.
Investors are growing concerned that the Federal Reserve will continue its aggressive rate hikes to bring down inflation to a more manageable level. Powell's remarks on Friday will likely offer Wall Street more clues on the magnitude of the central bank's next rate hike scheduled for September.
Market participants are also anxiously awaiting another inflation reading on Personal Consumer Expenditures due out Friday, which is the Fed's preferred gauge, as they look for signs that inflationary pressures may have peaked.
Growth stocks like tech names fell on increased concerns over more aggressive rate hikes on Monday, with Amazon
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Separately, Ford shares were impacted Monday after a judge orders the company to pay $1.7 billion to the family of victims killed in a 2014 accident involving the rollover of a F-250 pickup truck.
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