TECHA concentrated selloff in mega-cap technology dragged the Nasdaq 1.32% lower to 26,166.60 and the S&P 500 down 0.37% to 7,472.79 on Monday, even as the Dow added 0.29% to 51,712.71. Alphabet fell 5% on AI talent departure concerns; Amazon shed 4.8%, Meta lost 2.3%, and Microsoft declined approximately 3%, while the Russell 2000 gained 0.83% to 3,004.40, illustrating a sharp rotation from large-cap tech into smaller-cap names.
TECHSpaceX fell 16% on Monday — its third consecutive daily decline — extending losses since its record Nasdaq IPO on 12 June; despite the slide the stock remains more than 31% above its IPO price. The move adds to pressure on high-multiple growth names and is a potential read-through for richly valued AI and aerospace-linked equities in Asian markets.
FEDThe Warsh Fed held the federal funds rate at 3.50%–3.75% at its 17 June meeting but the June dot plot shifted hawkishly, with nine of 18 policymakers projecting at least one rate hike by end-2026 and the median year-end fed funds estimate rising to 3.8% from 3.4% in March. Chair Warsh eliminated forward guidance entirely, stating: 'I can't give you any guidance on what we're going to do next.' The S&P 500 fell 1.21% and the Nasdaq dropped 1.34% on Fed day — the S&P's worst performance on a new chair's first Fed day since 1994 according to Bespoke Investment Group.
EARNINGSMicron Technology (MU) reports after Wednesday's close — the stock has surged nearly fourfold year-to-date on memory chip supply-demand imbalances and is the most significant earnings catalyst this week for Asian semiconductor investors given its direct read-through to Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Tokyo Electron. FedEx (FDX) also reports fiscal Q4 results this week, with analysts expecting EPS of $6.41 and revenue of $24.0 billion, up 8% year-over-year.
MACROFactSet projects S&P 500 earnings grew 22.0% in Q2 2026, which would mark the second consecutive quarter of earnings growth above 20%. The US economy added 172,000 jobs in May, while May CPI showed annual inflation climbing above 4% for the first time in three years — the data backdrop that prompted the hawkish shift in the June dot plot. Today's calendar includes US Existing Home Sales (forecast 4.07M at 13:00 JST) and ADP Employment Change (11:15 JST).