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By Staff Reporters
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Here’s where the key indexes settled yesterday.
- The S&P 500® Index was down 48.29 points (1.2%) at 4119.58; the Dow Jones industrial average was down 367.17 (1.1%) at 33,684.53; the NASDAQ Composite was down 132.09 (1.1%) at 12,080.51.
- The 10-year Treasury yield was down about 15 basis points at 3.428%.
- CBOE’s Volatility Index was up 1.67 at 17.77.
Regional banks led the declines, with the KBW Regional Banking index sinking more than 5% to its lowest level since late 2020.
Energy stocks were also weaker as crude oil futures extended a slide, dropping under $72 a barrel to their lowest level in more than five weeks. Small-caps also slumped, with the Russell 2000 index down 2%.
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More specifically, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy decision and fresh earnings results:
By 6:45pm ET (10:45pm GMT) Dow Jones Futures were flat while S&P 500 Futures and NASDAQ 100 Futures eased 0.1% apiece.
In extended deals, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) fell 6.5% after reporting Q1 EPS of $0.60 versus $0.56 expected on revenues of $5.4 billion versus $5.3 billion expected. Looking ahead, the company forcasted Q2 2023 revenue in the range of $5-5.6 billion versus $5.49 billion expected.
Ford Motor (NYSE:F) slipped 1.6% after the company reported Q1 EPS of $0.63, beating expectations of $0.42,ewhile revenue was reported at $39.1 billion versus $37.4 billion expected.
Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) dipped 17.4%, reporting Q1 EPS of $0.06, beating expected losses of $0.01 per share, while revenue came in at $75.2 million versus $75.07 million expected.
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