US stocks: US market ends lower as hot inflation data, Fed comments heighten rate worries
US stocks closed lower after hotter-than-expected inflation data strengthened expectations of a December Federal Reserve rate hike and raised the possibility of more aggressive tightening. Rising Treasury yields and weakness in technology stocks, particularly Nvidia, weighed on the market, while investors also assessed hawkish Fed comments and Anthropics upcoming IPO.
US stocks closed lower after hotter-than-expected inflation data strengthened expectations of a December Federal Reserve rate hike and raised the possibility of more aggressive tightening. Rising Treasury yields and weakness in technology stocks, particularly Nvidia, weighed on the market, while investors also assessed hawkish Fed comments and Anthropics upcoming IPO.
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