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By Twesha Dikshit and Purvi Agarwal
Nov 4 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes slipped to
over one-week lows on Tuesday following warnings of a market
selloff from some big U.S. banks, while an upbeat sales forecast
from AI favorite Palantir ( PLTR ) failed to impress investors.
CEOs of Wall Street heavyweights Morgan Stanley ( MS ) and
Goldman Sachs ( GS ) cautioned that equity markets could be
heading for a drawdown of around 10% to 15%, underscoring
growing concerns over sky-high valuations.
Shares of Palantir Technologies ( PLTR ) slid 8.7% even as
the data analytics company forecast fourth-quarter revenue above
analysts' estimates. The stock has jumped nearly 400% in the
past year.
Shares of big tech stocks also slipped, with Nvidia ( NVDA )
down 2.1%, Alphabet losing 1.6% and Microsoft ( MSFT )
off 1%. The information technology sector was the
biggest drag on the S&P 500, down 1.5%.
At 09:45 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
fell 301.32 points, or 0.64%, to 47,035.36, the S&P 500
lost 62.20 points, or 0.90%, to 6,790.53 and the Nasdaq
Composite lost 291.37 points, or 1.22%, to 23,543.35.
The CBOE Volatility Index, Wall Street's fear gauge,
was near a two-week high.
Wall Street indexes touched all-time highs and notched solid
gains for October as quarterly reports from Big Tech companies
signaled surging AI investments, which powered a bull run in
U.S. equities this year.
However, doubts about the circular nature of the spending
and the technology's monetization have resurfaced, causing
investors to pull back after a breakneck rally in AI-related
stocks.
"The market's been moving higher as warranted from an
earnings standpoint, but at some point...it seemed like it was
kind of positioning for a risk-off pullback even on the
slightest disappointment," said Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio
manager at Globalt Investments.
The rally will be under renewed scrutiny with semiconductor
company Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) and Super Micro Computer ( SMCI )
reporting after the bell on Tuesday.
Third-quarter earnings have been resilient, with more than
83% of the S&P 500 companies that have reported as of Saturday
beating analyst expectations, compared to a long-term average of
67.2%, according to LSEG data.
DATA GAP DIMS DECEMBER RATE-CUT HOPES
With the U.S. government shutdown matching the record for
the longest ever, private data has found renewed importance for
investors and the Fed alike, with all eyes on Wednesday's ADP
National Employment numbers.
Markets will also be watching for more clues from Fed
officials for some clarity on how the central bank will handle
the gap.
Local elections for New York's mayor and governors in New
Jersey and Virginia will also be closely tracked.
Among stocks, Uber ( UBER ) slid 8.6% after the ride-hailing
platform missed quarterly operating profit expectations, while
Henry Schein gained 13.4% after raising its annual
profit forecast.
Spotify ( SPOT ) and U.S.-listed shares of Shopify
reversed premarket gains to fall 3.5% and 3.1%, respectively,
after their quarterly results.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 4.18-to-1 ratio
on the NYSE and by a 3.97-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted five new 52-week highs and seven new lows
while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 16 new highs and 137 new
lows.
(Reporting by Twesha Dikshit, Purvi Agarwal and Johann M
Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai and Arun Koyyur)