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* Tesla, Intel fall on flagging supply-chain constraints
* Netflix jumps after Ackman builds new stake
* U.S. economy's 2021 growth best since 1984
* Indexes down: Dow 0.42%, S&P 0.82%, Nasdaq 1.43%
NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Wall Street gyrated on
Thursday, with a broad rally reversing by mid-afternoon and the
S&P 500 flirting with correction confirmation as investors
juggled positive economic news with mixed corporate earnings,
geopolitical unrest and the prospect of a more hawkish Federal
Reserve.
All three major U.S. stock indexes have been whipsawed by
uncertainty in recent sessions, marked by wide fluctuations and
heightened volatility.
"This is a market that is schizophrenic," said Tim Ghriskey,
senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder in New York.
"There those who believe everything negative has been discounted
there are others who believe that the worst is yet to come."
"Its a period of a lot of uncertainty, its been this way
all month," Ghriskey added.
The S&P 500 once again threatened to close 10% or more below
its all-time high reached on Jan. 3, which would confirm the
bellwether index has been in correction since then. It was last
10.1% below that level.
Smallcaps have had a rougher go of it, with the Russell 2000
now more than 20% below its Nov. 8 record high, the level that
would confirm the index is in a bear market.
Among a spate of economic data released on Thursday, the
Commerce Department's advance take on fourth-quarter GDP shows
the U.S. economy in 2021 grew at its fastest pace in nearly four
decades.
Markets gyrated wildly following the release on Wednesday of
the FOMC statement, which left key interest rates near zero, and
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's subsequent Q&A session during which
he appeared to raise the possibility of more rate hikes this
year than previously expected, beginning in March.
The fed funds futures market now prices in nearly
five rate hikes this year in the wake of Powell's remarks.
Geopolitical tensions continue to simmer, as Russia
continues to build up troops along the Ukrainian border and
diplomats scramble to avoid conflict in the region.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 143.57 points,
or 0.42%, to 34,024.52, the S&P 500 lost 35.65 points, or
0.82%, to 4,314.28 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped
193.59 points, or 1.43%, to 13,348.53.
Fourth-quarter reporting season has hit full stride, with
145 of the companies in the S&P 500 having reported. Of those,
79% have delivered consensus-beating results, according to
Refinitiv data.
Analysts now see, on aggregate, year-on-year fourth-quarter
earnings growth of 24.2% for the S&P 500, per Refinitiv.
Supply-chain challenges, the engine driving inflation
through the recovery from the global health crisis, have been a
recurring theme this earnings season.
Intel Corp cited that issue as the reason behind
its disappointing first-quarter earnings forecast, which sent
its shares tumbling 7.1%.
Intel's dismal outlook weighed on the broader sector,
sending the Philadelphia SE semiconductor index down
5.0%.
Shares of Tesla Inc crashed 10.0% after the company
warned that supply issues will last throughout 2022. Shares of
rivals Lucid Group and Rivian Automotive were
both down more than 9%.
Netflix Inc jumped 8.5% following news that
billionaire investor William Ackman has amassed a new $1 billion
stake in the company.
Apple Inc was modestly lower ahead of its quarterly
earnings, expected after the bell.
Chevron Corp, due to report before the bell on
Friday, was up 0.7%.
Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a
2.60-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 3.37-to-1 ratio favored decliners.
The S&P 500 posted 17 new 52-week highs and 15 new lows; the
Nasdaq Composite recorded 15 new highs and 474 new lows.
(Reporting by Stephen Culp in New York
Aditional reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Devik Jain in
Bengaluru
Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and Matthew Lewis)