TECHNOLOGY
Wall Street was lower in early afternoon trading on Tuesday as technology stocks continued to slide while investors focused on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's talk in London.
Wall Street was lower in early afternoon trading on Tuesday as technology stocks continued to slide while investors focused on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's talk in London.
The technology index fell 1 percent due to a drop in the shares of Microsoft, Facebook and Alphabet.
Alphabet fell 1.6 percent to $956.68 after EU antitrust regulators hit the tech giant with a record $2.7 billion fine.
Since the beginning of the year, the tech index has jumped about 18 percent, making it the biggest force behind the S&P's record-setting rally.
However, the sector has come under pressure in the past few days over concerns about lofty valuations.
"Tech has gotten a bit ahead of itself. We've seen the sector bounce back but I don't think you see the confidence that was there in tech prior to a couple of weeks ago," said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer for Commonwealth Financial.
At 13:11 p.m. ET (1711 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 21.24 points, or 0.1 percent, at 21,388.31, the S&P 500 was down 6.8 points, or 0.27 percent, at 2,432.27.
The Nasdaq Composite was down 51.48 points, or 0.82 percent, at 6,195.67.
At a discussion in London, Yellen said it would be going too far to say there won't be another financial crisis but the economy was much safer now.
Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said on Tuesday the Fed rightly plans to raise rates once more this year, given recent inflation weakness is likely temporary.
"I think at this point the Fed is more or less committed to raising rates as they're more worried about being behind the curve and reloading the gun in case of a recession," added McMillan.
Earlier in the day, data showed consumer confidence for June rose more-than-expected, which could bolster the Fed's case for another rate hike this year.
However, a steep fall in oil prices and a flattening yield curve have added to concerns over inflation, which remains below the Fed's 2 percent target.
The financial index was the top gainer with a 1.1 percent gains, with Bank of America up 2.9 percent and JPMorgan rising 1.6 percent.
Sprint rose 4.9 percent after the fourth-largest U.S. wireless service provider was said to be in talks with Charter Communications and Comcast about a wireless partnership. Comcast and Charter were down about 0.70 percent.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers on the NYSE by 1,487 to 1,352. On the Nasdaq, 1,523 issues fell and 1,276 advanced.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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