Continuing to fall. Markets in the evening.
U.S.. The S&P 500 index is down 0.4%. The main negative is centered around technology companies. Shares of Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and others in the sector continue to win back the Fed rate hike and the gloomy forecasts of market analysts. Investors are also selling off bonds again. BlackRock, the largest asset manager, believes that U.S. inflation will probably not fall to 2% by the end of 2023.