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Quick Take
  • The S&P 500 dropped 1.69% to 7,457 as a lingering Broadcom-driven chip selloff deepened the pressure on tech.
  • May payrolls rose 172,000, more than double the roughly 80,000 expected, while unemployment held at 4.3%.
  • The 10-year Treasury yield jumped to about 4.54%, and traders now fully price a quarter-point hike by December.
  • Two sessions on, the ripple persists: AVGO is down around 6% more, with Nvidia (NVDA) off about 4% and AMD and Intel (INTC) each near 8%.

What Happened

Consumer Defensive led at +1.88% as investors moved into steady staples that hold demand through any rate path. Healthcare rose 1.01%, a defensive haven with earnings less tied to the economic cycle. Real Estate added 0.74%, recovering as buyers treated it as a yield-bearing defensive play despite rate pressure.

Market Context

The US stock market fell on Friday after a stronger-than-expected May jobs report lifted Treasury yields and led traders to fully price a Fed rate hike this year.

May payrolls rose 172,000, more than double the roughly 80,000 expected, while unemployment held at 4.3%. The 10-year Treasury yield jumped to about 4.54%, and traders now fully price a quarter-point hike by December.

It is a “good news is bad news” reaction: a strong labor market removes the case for rate cuts, and higher rates lower the value of the future earnings that tech valuations rest on. That repricing runs through every move below.

Semiconductors led May’s rally, so when the group doubts its own capex story, the index loses its biggest engine, which is why the Nasdaq fell 2.82% while the Dow rose 0.75%.

Higher yields reset valuations across the market. Growth stocks fall hardest because their value is tied to distant earnings that shrink when discounted at higher rates, while money flows into sectors that hold up when rates climb.

The result was a clean rotation out of high-beta technology and into consumer staples, healthcare, and real estate, the classic havens when rate expectations turn hawkish, and a market leader stumbles at once.

Why It Matters

1. Strong May Jobs Report Revived Fed Hike Bets

Broadcom (AVGO) reported on June 3 and beat on earnings, but guided Q3 AI revenue to $16 billion, below the $17.2 billion expected, and declined to raise its $100 billion AI target. The stock fell about 15% on June 4.

Details

The S&P 500 dropped 1.69% to 7,457 as a lingering Broadcom-driven chip selloff deepened the pressure on tech.

2. Broadcom’s Guidance Miss Still Echoes Through Chips

Two sessions on, the ripple persists: AVGO is down around 6% more, with Nvidia (NVDA) off about 4% and AMD and Intel (INTC) each near 8%.

3. Rising Yields Forced a Rotation Out of Growth

What Happened to Major US Indexes?

S&P 500: −1.69% to 7,455

Nasdaq Composite: −2.82% to 26,074.0

Russell 2000: −2.63% to 284.32

Dow Jones Industrial Average: −0.75% to 51,172.7

Breadth was firmly negative, with decliners leading 67.7% to 28.7%.

The S&P 500 corrected to 7,457 after rallying to 7,620, yet the pullback still resembles a bullish flag, where a sharp advance pauses before a possible continuation. To resume the breakout, the index must reclaim 7,628, the 0.618 Fibonacci level, a gain of about 1.21%, which opens 7,676, then 7,739.

A drop below 7,448 and 7,332 would weaken the structure.

Which Sectors Are Holding Up?

Utilities edged up 0.20%, drawing income-seeking money that had been rotating from growth into dependable dividends.

Which Sectors Are Falling?