The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply Monday, on pace for its worst day since June, as the summer rally fizzled out and fears of aggressive interest rate hikes returned to Wall Street.
The Dow fell 637 points, or 1.89%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.09% and 2.44%, respectively.
Those losses come on the back of a losing week, that snapped a four-week winning streak for the S&P 500. Still, the broader market index remains 13% above its June lows.
Investors are anticipating what could be a volatile week of trading ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s latest comments on inflation at the central bank’s annual Jackson Hole economic symposium.
“When you see the market right now dropping down like this, this is the market saying the Fed has to be more aggressive to slow the economy down further” if they want to bring inflation back down, said Robert Cantwell, portfolio manager at Upholdings.
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