The Dow is down roughly 77 points at midday
| |  2/23/2021 | | | Have you seen our volatility scorecard? Sign up by clicking here! | Interest Rate Anxieties Spark Deeper Selloff for Stocks | By: Lillian Currens | | Growing anxiety over higher interest rates has pushed many on Wall Street to take profits on February's impressive rally. The tech sector in particular is taking a big hit, causing the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) to drop below the technically significant 50-day moving average for the first time since November. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) isn't faring much better, down roughly 77 points at midday, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) is eyeing its sixth-straight daily loss. Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments before Congress did little to assuage investor anxiety. The central bank leader called inflation "soft," adding that the "economy is a long way from our employment and inflation goals," indicating that the Fed will likely hold the monetary policy steady. Powell did not address, however, the recent growth in bond yields. Continue reading for more on today's market, including: - Analysts brush off PANW's post-earnings plummet.
- Unpacking this television's stock drop after a quarterly win.
- Plus, option bulls eye VZ despite technical trouble; retail trading frenzy claims CTIB; and CCIV sinks on billion-dollar merger.
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