US May Non-Farm Employment Significantly Beats Expectations, NASDAQ Drops Over 1% in Early Trading

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2026.06.05 13:33

The US job market rebounded strongly in May, with traders betting that the Federal Reserve will start raising interest rates in October. The NASDAQ Composite Index fell 1.13% in early trading, the S&P 500 Index dropped 0.66%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.10%. Most US technology stocks declined, with NVIDIA falling over 1.9% and AMD dropping over 4%. Optical communication and memory chip stocks continued to slide, with Micron Technology down over 5%, SanDisk down over 4%, and Marvell Technology down over 5%.