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US first-quarter economic growth revised lower
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Tesla up after report on push to roll out advanced FSD in
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Best Buy ( BBY ) shares jump after profit beat
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Indexes off: Dow 0.71%, S&P 0.21%, Nasdaq 0.43%
(Updated as of 2:30 ET)
By Abigail Summerville
May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, led by
declines in technology shares after a disappointing Salesforce ( CRM )
forecast, while investors digested data showing the economy had
grown slower than previously expected in the first quarter.
Salesforce ( CRM ) shares plunged 21%, a day after the
company forecast second-quarter profit and revenue below Street
estimates due to weak client spending on its cloud and
enterprise business products.
The S&P 500 technology sector dropped 1.6% and was
the biggest drag on the benchmark index.
A Commerce Department report showed the economy grew slower
in the first quarter than previously estimated, after downward
revisions to consumer and equipment spending and a key measure
of inflation ticked lower, ahead of Friday's personal
consumption expenditure report for April.
Another set of numbers showed weekly jobless claims rose
more than expected.
"Normally you'd expect the market to rally off of a downward
revision to GDP because it signals the economy is moderating,
the Fed's job is done, we can get rate cuts. That's not the
reaction we're getting today," said Mark Hackett, chief of
investment research at Nationwide.
"So I'm a little surprised but not that surprised simply
because after the six week (rally) that we've had, it's pretty
healthy and expected to see some consolidation or sideways move
for a while."
U.S. Treasury yields dipped following the report, while
chances for an at least 25-basis-point interest rate reduction
in September edged up to 50.4%, from 48.7% before the data,
according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool. Bond yields had hit
multi-week highs earlier in the week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 271.04 points,
or 0.71%, to 38,170.50, the S&P 500 lost 11.30 points, or
0.21%, to 5,255.65 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 73.04
points, or 0.43%, to 16,847.43.
Among the day's gainers, HP jumped 18.4% after it
posted better-than-expected second-quarter revenue.
Tesla rose 1.8% after Reuters reported the company
was preparing to register its 'Full Self-Driving' software in
China.
Retailer Best Buy ( BBY ) jumped 12.8% after beating
forecasts for quarterly profit, while department-store chain
Kohl's slumped 23.7% after cutting its annual sales and
profit forecasts.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 3.15-to-1 ratio
on the NYSE and by a 2-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 12 new 52-week highs and nine new lows
while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 46 new highs and 76 new
lows.