US equities tumbled on global growth concerns

Source: Dukascopy Bank SA
US stocks tumbled on Tuesday as market sentiment was dampened after the IMF cut global growth forecast. Weighting down on the US equities, S&P 500 companies are expected to post annualized losses in Q3, for the first time in three years. Disappointing comments by Mario Draghi also pressurized US shares. The S&P 500 Index plunged 0.99% to close at 1,441.48. All sectors within the index dropped. The top-losers were consumer services and health care sectors. Shares of Apollo Group, Carnival and International Game Technology lost 1.37%, 0.73% and 0.93, respectively. Among health care firms, Baxter International, CareFusion and Covidien slid 2.17%, 2.48% and 3.23%, respectively. Meanwhile, Edwards Lifesciences was the top-loser, slumping 21.24% after reporting weaker than expected profits. On the downside were also banks, with Comerica and Hudson City Bancorp falling by 0.44% and 0.86%. Stanley Black & Decker dropped 2.68% after the tool maker announced it would sell its hardware and home improvement unit to Spectrum Brands Holdings for USD1.4 billion in cash.

 

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