NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped on Wednesday as rising yields on U.S. government debt fueled concern that businesses and consumers could face higher borrowing costs, which could hamper an economic recovery.
The decline was broad-based, with manufacturer 3M Co (MMM.N) and International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) among stocks leading a 2 percent fall on the blue-chip Dow.
The S&P and Nasdaq lost more than 1 percent each.
"Yields are rising to levels that are becoming very worrisome for the economic outlook," said William Sullivan, chief economist at JVB Financial Group in Boca Raton, Florida.
Bond prices declined in afternoon trading, causing their yields to rise, as concerns about the heavy supply of debt weighed on the market despite a well-received auction of new five-year notes. The yield on U.S. Treasuries is a key benchmark for many lending rates.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 173.47 points, or 2.05 percent, to end at 8,300.02. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was down 17.27 points, or 1.90 percent, at 893.06. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was down 19.35 points, or 1.11 percent, at 1,731.08.
The stock market losses follow gains of more than 2 percent in each of the major indexes on Tuesday, when data on consumer confidence stoked optimism about an economy recovery.
Wednesday's sell-off in stocks and bonds also surprised some investors as the two tend to move in opposite directions. Treasuries prices typically fall when investors' appetite for riskier assets, such as stocks, increases.
The price of benchmark 10-year notes was down over 1-16/32 and yielding 3.74 percent on Wednesday, up nearly 20 basis points in just one day and over 1.25 percentage points in just six weeks. more...
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