US Equity Handover Tech Stocks Battered on Huawei Fears

Matt Weller
By :  ,  Head of Market Research


Headlines

  • US indices fell for a second straight day with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 bearing the brunt of the losses on fears over Huawei retaliation.
  • Utilities (XLU), financials (XLF), and energy (XLE) stocks eked out small gains. Every other sector fell on the day, led by technology (XLK) dumping nearly 2%
  • Chipmakers and other tech manufacturers were hit especially hard on Huawei concerns: Qualcomm (QCOM) -6%, Broadcom (AVGO) -6%, Intel (INTC) -3%, & Apple (AAPL) -3%.
  • Shares in Sprint (S) exploded 19% higher after the FCC endorsed its merger with T-Mobile.

*No top-tier earnings reports are scheduled for tomorrow’s Asian session*

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*Data from Refinitiv. Index names may not reflect tradable instruments and not all markets are available in all regions.


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