Jan 13, 2025
S&P 500, Nasdaq fall as investors scale back bets on Fed rate cuts in 2025
U.S. stocks dropped on Monday, with the benchmark S&P 500 at a two-month low as bond yields surged after robust payroll numbers last week, boosting expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain a hawkish stance for most of this year. At 09:50 a.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 105.06 points, or 0.25%, to 42,043.51, the S&P 500 lost 40.79 points, or 0.70%, to 5,786.25, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 274.13 points, or 1.43%, to 18,887.50. At one point, traders were no longer fully pricing in even one Fed rate cut this year, according to data compiled by LSEG, from about 43 basis points before Friday's job figures.