US stocks fell and registered losses for the week as Amazon.com shares dropped after the company forecast lower sales growth, but the S&P 500 still notched a sixth straight month of gains.
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) shares sank 7.6% – their biggest daily percentage drop since May 2020 – after the company reported late on Thursday revenue for the second quarter that was shy of analysts’ average estimate and said sales growth would ease in the next few quarters as customers ventured more outside the home. read more
Shares of other internet and tech giants that did well during the lockdowns of last year, including Google parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Facebook Inc (FB.O), were mostly lower as well.
“Overall earnings have been good. But Amazon … and some of last year’s winners are taking some of the air out of the market today,” said Jake Dollarhide, chief executive officer of Longbow Asset Management in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “This market has been driven by big tech and when tech does well, the market seems to go right along with it, and when it doesn’t,” it falls.
