Stocks sunk deeper on Thursday as Nvidia's earnings-fueled rally failed to boost the broader market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped over 600 points, while the S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite lost about 0.7% and 0.3%, respectively.
Here's how the market settled on Thursday:
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
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In Focus:
Nvidia
Nvidia said its data center segment rose 427% year-over-year to $22.6 billion in revenue during the quarter, with CFO Colette Kress pointing towards shipments of the company's Hopper graphics processors (which include its H100 GPU) as the major catalyst for the growth.
"A big highlight this quarter was Meta's
Separately, its 10-for-1 stock split will begin trading at market open on June 10, according to Nvidia, making ownership "more accessible to employees and investors."
On the Economic Front:
Sales of New U.S. homes unexpectedly declined in April, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, falling by 4.7% over March to a seasonally adjusted total of 634,000. Moreover, the median sale price was $433,500, down by 6,000 from March's print but up 4% from a year ago; the average sales price in April was $505,700.
Initial Unemployment Filings also declined for the week ended May 18, the Labor Department reported Thursday, totaling 215,000 or 8,000 below the previous week's upwardly revised print. Continuing claims, which trail a week behind, ticked higher to 1.794 million.
In the News:
News Corp
"We believe a historic agreement will set new standards for veracity, for virtue and for value in the digital age," said News Corp CEO Robert Thomson in a release.
Live Nation
"We allege that Live Nation relies on unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control over the live events industry in the United States at the cost of fans, artists, smaller promoters, and venue operators," said Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement. "The result is that fans pay more in fees, artists have fewer opportunities to play concerts, smaller promoters get squeezed out, and venues have fewer real choices for ticketing services. It is time to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster."
Live Nation said the DOJ's monopoly allegations are "absurd," in a statement, with VP for Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Dan Wall claiming the federal government "ignores everything that is actually responsible for higher ticket prices."