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U. S. stocks fell on Thursday as investors assessed interest rate gains on new insights and comments this week from central bank officials.
Tech stocks led the decline, with the Nasdaq down more than 1%. Jobless claims fell short of expectations for the week, reaching 216,000 versus 230,000 expected. The figure is the lowest since February and fuels fears that a still strong hard work The market will keep the Federal Reserve in its aggressive stance and in all likelihood lead to further interest rate hikes this year.
Apple’s inventories fell sharply, extending its losses on Wednesday when inventory closed down more than 3%. Thursday morning’s losses were of magnitude, as investors feared an ongoing crackdown on iPhone use, as the country announced a ban on the use this week. of Apple devices for officials.
This is where the US indices were a while after the opening bell at 9:30 a. m. M. from Thursday:
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