Major US stock indexes fell more than 1% each amid renewed fears over the financial system and as investors tried to gauge how much longer the Federal Reserve may need to hike interest rates
After the closing bell, shares of Starbucks
fell 2% following the release of its quarterly results. The stock ended the regular session down 0.1%.discussions on recent quarterly conferenceWith first-quarter reports over halfway through, analysts see aggregate earnings for S&P 500 companies declining 1.4% year over year, according to IBES data from Refinitiv Tuesday. Before companies began to report at the start of April, Wall Street had been bracing for a 5.1% drop.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 12.33 billion shares, compared with the 10.44 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days. Declining issues outnumbered advancers on the NYSE by a 3.55-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.46-to-1 ratio favored decliners. The S&P 500 posted 17 new 52-week highs and 13 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 46 new highs and 407 new lows.
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