US Stocks Fall as Philadelphia Semiconductor Index Drops Over 3%; Cloud Service Providers Buck Trend, Optical Communication Stocks Lead Losses; Marvell Falls 10% Post-Earnings, Nvidia Drops 4%
U.S. stocks fell after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh expressed concern over current inflation trends earlier today. Cloud service providers (CSPs) bucked the trend to gain, while the optical communications sector led the losses. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.02% to 53,559.99; the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 0.52% to 26,402.42; and the S&P 500 Index declined 0.25% to 7,711.76.