Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for April 19 - Bloomberg

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U.S. stocks retreated from an all-time high as investors awaited the heart of the earnings season and more economic data later in the week. The dollar fell.

The S&P 500 was on track for its biggest drop in almost four weeks. Tesla Inc. contributed the most to the decline as one of its electric cars that “no one” appeared to be driving crashed and killed two passengers. Small caps underperformed, with almost 90% of the stocks in the Russell 2000 declining. Treasury yields hovered near the lowest levels in about a month after an earlier jump past 1.6%. Copper prices rallied toward nine-year highs amid increased demand and prospects for faster inflation as global economies rebound.

The economic calendar is light this week until Thursday, with reports on unemployment claims and home sales among those scheduled for release. Robust economic data helped push stocks to another record last week despite concerns surrounding the spread of Covid-19 variants. Traders will look for further confirmation of the private sector’s recovery from the pandemic as the earnings season gathers pace.

“With a deluge of earnings activity this week from across industries, we may be in a bit of a holding pattern until investors digest any beats or misses on that front,” said Chris Larkin, managing director of trading and investing product at E*Trade Financial. “Bottom line is that short-term volatility is typical when we’re knocking around market highs as traders look to uncover value.”

For Matt Maley, chief market strategist for Miller Tabak + Co., the sharp drop in Bitcoin over the weekend is having an impact on trading as well.

“Whenever a headline-grabbing asset sees a big decline at a time when the broad market stands at an expensive level, it usually has a negative impact on the stock market, even if it’s only short-lived,” he wrote.

Here are some key events to watch this week:

• Apple’s first product unveiling of the year on Tuesday.
• Reserve Bank of Australia releases minutes of its policy meeting on Tuesday.
• EIA crude oil inventory report on Wednesday.
• European Central Bank rate decision and President Christine Lagarde briefing on Thursday.
• U.S. releases new home sales data

These are some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

• The S&P 500 fell 0.6% as of 12:01 p.m. New York time
• The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.1%
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%
• The Russel 2000 Index fell 1.7%
• The Stoxx Europe 600 was unchanged
• The MSCI World index fell 0.3%

Currencies

• The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.4%
• The euro rose 0.4% to 1.2031
• The British pound rose 1.1% to 1.3985
• The Japanese yen rose 0.7% to 108.07 per dollar

Bonds

• The yield on 10-year Treasuries was little changed at 1.583%
• Germany’s 10-year yield advanced three basis points to 0.235%
• Britain’s 10-year yield declined one basis point to 0.755%

Commodities

• West Texas Intermediate crude was unchanged at $63 a barrel
• Gold futures fell 0.3% to $1,774 an ounce

— With assistance by Joanna Ossinger, Cormac Mullen, Andreea Papuc, Emily Barrett, and Yakob Peterseil

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