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Futures down: Dow 0.54%, S&P 0.59%, Nasdaq 0.60%
June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday
after weak manufacturing data raised new worries about the
strength of the U.S. economy, even as markets awaited a slew of
reports this week to gauge how much growth has slowed.
Stocks slipped on Monday after survey data showed U.S.
factory activity had slowed more than expected in May and
construction spending slipped in April, although the S&P 500 and
the Nasdaq closed the session slightly higher.
"It was a day when the U.S. economic exceptionalism theme
was called into question," Chris Weston, head of research at
Pepperstone, said in a note.
Megacap stocks including Nvidia ( NVDA ), Apple ( AAPL ),
Alphabet and Meta were down between 0.3% and
0.9% in premarket trading. Gains in these rate-sensitive stocks
had boosted the Nasdaq in the previous session, as U.S. Treasury
yields slipped.
Broadly strong corporate earnings, coupled with seemingly
resilient economic growth, have kept Wall Street optimistic and
buoyed stocks over several months, despite forcing markets to
dial back hopes for both the timing and pace of interest-rate
cuts.
However, a string of recent data points to the economy
slowing more than expected, causing investors to fret even as
markets expect an earlier start to rate cuts.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 62% chance of the Fed
cutting rates in September, up from about 53% before ISM data
was released and under 50% last week, according to the CME's
FedWatch tool.
Several key reports scheduled to be out this week are
expected to provide a clearer picture of U.S. economic health,
particularly the labor market. The Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey is expected later on Tuesday, ahead of the
closely watched nonfarm payroll figures for May, due on Friday.
Factory orders data is also expected later in the day and
the results of surveys on the services sector are due on
Wednesday.
"The manufacturing report has put us on notice that the
various employment data points this week and ISM services could
all be genuine market-moving risk events, and the market will
likely be sensitive to any downside surprises," Weston said.
Monday's trading was also impacted by a glitch at the New
York Stock Exchange, triggering volatility in dozens of stocks.
The NYSE later said the issue had been resolved and exchanges
were canceling erroneous trades in affected stocks, including
Class A shares of Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ).
At 5:51 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 208 points,
or 0.54%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 31.5 points, or
0.59%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 112 points, or
0.60%.
Among individual movers, Intel ( INTC ) gained 2.3% after
the company launched its next generation Xeon server processors,
and priced its Gaudi 3 artificial intelligence accelerator chips
below its rivals' products.
Software coding platform GitLab ( GTLB ) dipped 3.5% after
forecasting weaker-than-expected second-quarter revenue late on
Monday.