The Australian share market is expected to open lower following a broad-based sell-off on Wall Street. Profit-taking and rising US Treasury yields contributed to the decline, halting the Dow Jones Industrial Average's winning streak and thwarting the traditional 'Santa Claus rally'.
The Australian share market is poised to open lower after Wall Street succumbed to profit taking in illiquid markets before the last weekend of 2024. ASX 200 futures: -0.4% to 8,228 points. Wall Street 's holiday cheer ended abruptly on Friday, with all three main benchmarks closing lower in a broad-based sell-off affecting even tech and growth stocks that had driven markets higher through much of the shortened trading week.
The decline ended the Dow Jones Industrial Average's five-session winning streak that had followed a 10-session decline, its worst losing stretch since 1974. 'Today feels like there is quite a bit of profit-taking across the board,' said Michael Reynolds, vice president of investment strategy at Glenmede. 'We are more than two years into a pretty strong bull market ... so it's really not surprising to see some people taking their profits and rebalancing their portfolios ahead of the new year.' Highlighting the profit-taking theme, the 45 top performers year-to-date on the S&P 500 all finished lower on Friday. The sell-off thwarted the seasonal Santa Claus rally, in which stocks traditionally rise during the last five sessions of December and the first two of January. Since 1969, the S&P 500 has climbed 1.3% on average, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac. Thursday's session hinted at momentum stalling, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posting marginal losses to end multi-session winning runs. Rising US Treasury yields had been catching investors' attention, with the benchmark 10-year note hitting a more than seven-month high in the previous session. The yield hovered close to that mark on Friday, at 4.63%. Higher yields are seen as hampering growth stocks, as they raise borrowing costs for business expansion. These stocks, especially the so-called Magnificent Seven technology megacaps which had been key drivers of the market's 2024 rally, were also caught up in Friday's sell-off
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