S&P, Nasdaq end lower as Nvidia drags the tech sector for second day
Spirit Aero up following report of Boeing nearing buyout deal
Sarepta surges on expanded use of gene therapy
Indexes mixed: Dow up 0.04%, S&P down 0.16%, Nasdaq down 0.18%
Updates with more closing data
By Echo Wang
June 21 (Reuters) -The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed marginally lower on Friday, weighed down by a decline in Nvidia shares for a second straight day, which dragged down the technology sector.
Technology .SPLRCT was the biggest loser among the 11 major S&P 500 sectors, down 0.84%, weighed by Nvidia, while communication services .SPLRCL led the gain.
“It's Nvidia's game, and the rest of us are just pretending to be here,” said Michael Green, chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management in Philadelphia.
"Basically all the activity is now concentrated in Nvidia call options," he added. "Seven million option contracts Nvidia have traded. That's something in the neighborhood of three or four times the quantity of contract volume that would have traded for the market in total five years ago."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 15.57 points, or 0.04%, to 39,150.33, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 8.55 points, or 0.16%, to 5,464.62 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC lost 32.23 points, or 0.18%, to 17,689.36.
Shares of megacaps Microsoft MSFT.O, Alphabet GOOGL.O, Amazon.com AMZN.O rose between 0.92% to 1.89%. Apple AAPL.O slipped 1.04%.
“We've had a very strong run, especially in the S&P over the last couple weeks. So not surprised to see things kind of take a pause and settle down,” Zachary Hill, head of portfolio management at Horizon Investments in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Friday's trading could be more volatile than usual due to triple witching, the simultaneous expiration of stock options, stock index options, and stock index futures.
U.S. business activity reached a 26-month high in June amid a rebound in employment, while easing price pressures suggested the recent inflation slowdown may continue.
Flash services PMI increased to 55.1 this month, above expectations of 53.7, while manufacturing PMI edged up to 51.7, compared with expectations of a dip to 51.
May home sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.11 million units versus expectations of 4.10 million units.
Money markets are still pricing in a 58% chance of a 25-basis point rate cut in September, and still expect about two rate cuts this year, according to LSEG's FedWatch data. FEDWATCH
AI chip firm Nvidia NVDA.O dropped 3.22%, while semiconductor stocks Qualcomm QCOM.O, Broadcom AVGO.O and Micron Technology MU.O were down between 1.36% and 4.38%.
Wall Street's bumper gains since the final leg of 2023 have been primarily driven by the likes of Nvidia and a handful of other heavily weighted stocks linked to artificial intelligence. Analysts, however, have raised concerns whether the strong increase in their valuations is sustainable.
Shares of Spirit AeroSystems SPR.N rose 6.00% following a Reuters report that Boeing BA.N is nearing a deal to buy back the airplane parts supplier after months of talks.
Sarepta Therapeutics SRPT.O soared 30.14% afterthe U.S. FDA allowed expanded use of the company's gene therapy for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy aged four and older.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 1.03-to-1 ratio on the NYSE. There were 98 new highs and 73 new lows on the NYSE.
The S&P 500 posted 23 new 52-week highs and 2 new lows while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 34 new highs and 186 new lows.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 17.68 billion shares, compared with the 12.05 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.
Reporting by Echo Wang in New York; Additional reporting by Lisa Mattackal and Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta and Aurora Ellis
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