Stocks Slide as 10-Year Yield Hits Highest Since 2007
Market & SentimentA risk-off session: the Russell 2000 fell 1.84%, the Nasdaq 100 0.84% and the S&P 500 0.72%. Breadth was weak, with 326 decliners against 165 advancers and only 28.6% of stocks above their 50-day average. Just 10 new highs versus 39 new lows. The 10-year Treasury yield at 5.11%, its highest since 2007, and a nearly 2% oil rise on Iran tensions drove the selling.
Sectors & StocksEnergy was the lone gainer, up 1.02%, as oil rose almost 2% on Iran's vow not to surrender. Communication services fell 2.53% and utilities 1.87%. Cybersecurity broke away: Palo Alto Networks rose 5% on its Unit 42 AI defense launch, CrowdStrike 4.97% to a 52-week high, and Palantir 3.68% after an FAA AI flight-management vote. Travel names were hit hard as Meta's Muse agent threatened to bypass aggregators: Airbnb fell 7.56% and Booking Holdings 5.07%. McDonald's dropped 4.81% on its $8.5 billion franchisee support plan.
Rates, FX & CryptoThe 10-year yield jumped 15bp to 5.11% and the 2-year rose 14bp to 4.85%, leaving the 2s10s spread at 26bp. The dollar strengthened to a near two-month high on Fed hike expectations and rising oil; USD/CNY rose 0.11% to 6.7074, a weaker yuan, while EUR/USD fell 0.45%. Crypto sold off with the broader risk move: Bitcoin dropped 2.02% to $84,443 and Ether 2.43% to $2,685.
Earnings & AnnouncementsCintas raised its full-year outlook after a fiscal first-quarter beat, with revenue up 10.9% to $3.01 billion. Microsoft pledged $10 billion in Gulf cloud and AI investment by 2030. Eli Lilly slipped as a $6.5 billion plant backs oral GLP-1 scale. Oracle dropped on a 37bp premium for AI-related debt. No FinDog view changes today. Costco and Darden report tomorrow.
- Costco and Darden earnings; 10-year yield near 5.11%
- Oil and Middle East headlines
- Meta Muse impact on travel and e-commerce
- The 10-year yield reached 5.11%, its highest since 2007, pressuring equities across the board and weighing most on rate-sensitive small caps and utilities.Reuters09-23 01:51 UTC
- Crude rose nearly 2% after Iran's president rejected surrender, lifting energy stocks and adding to inflation concerns from higher fuel costs.Reuters09-23 01:44 UTC
- The dollar strengthened to a near two-month high on Fed rate expectations and rising oil, pressuring emerging-market currencies and dollar-denominated assets.Reuters09-23 01:43 UTC
- Trump backed a diesel export ban as fuel prices hit records, a potential policy shift that could affect refiners and energy exporters.Reuters09-22 23:22 UTC
- Meta's new AI agent can book flights and hotels without visiting Expedia, Airbnb or Booking, raising questions about the aggregator model. Expedia fell 7%, Airbnb 6% and Booking 5%.
- McDonald's fell 6.1% after outlining its NEXT strategy and pledging about $8.5 billion in franchisee support, raising concerns about near-term margins and capital allocation.
- Microsoft committed $10 billion to cloud and AI infrastructure in Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE by 2030, including over $400 million for connectivity.
- IonQ shares rose 5% after announcing a real-time end-to-end error decoder breakthrough and a new collaboration with Nvidia, boosting quantum computing sentiment.
- Cintas beat fiscal first-quarter estimates and raised full-year guidance, with revenue up 10.9% to $3.01 billion, the first quarter above $3 billion.
- Eli Lilly fell as it detailed a $6.5 billion Houston plant to produce ingredients for its oral GLP-1, linking manufacturing capacity to a planned global rollout.
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