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Jun 05, 2026

Stock market slump: Worst day on Wall Street in months

Posted Jun 05, 2026 8:30 PM
File photo(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
File photo(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA
 AP Business Writers

The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market. Bond yields surged as a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to hike interest rates at some point this year. The S&P 500 slumped 2.6% Friday, finishing with its first losing week in the last 10.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 695 points, or 1.4%. The Nasdaq composite fell 4.2%. Nvidia and Broadcom were among the heaviest weights on the market. The Labor Department reported that employers added 172,000 jobs in May, roughly double what forecasters had expected. Oil prices fell.