Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink as sell-off builds while silver, bitcoin plunge
Yahoo Finance·2026-02-05 14:35
US stocks turned lower on Thursday in a fruitless search for a reprieve from a building tech sell-off as investors awaited Amazon earnings, assessed Alphabet's big AI spending plans, and digested jobs data that signaled fresh weakness in the labor market. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) moved roughly 1.2% lower, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) shed 1.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) lost over 1%, or more than 500 points. The market is in the midst of a trillion-dollar tech wipeout, as investors weigh ...