NASDAQ-100 declines sharply after soft June NFP report as labor market cools
The US economy added just 57,000 jobs in June, roughly half of what forecasters expected, sending tech-heavy indices lower while Bitcoin held steady near $61,000
The June nonfarm payrolls report landed with a thud on Wednesday, showing the US economy created only 57,000 jobs last month. Economists had penciled in roughly 110,000. That’s not just a miss. That’s a miss by nearly half.
The numbers behind the selloff
It wasn’t just the headline number that disappointed. May’s initial estimate of 172,000 jobs was revised downward to 129,000, meaning the labor market was weaker last month than anyone realized at the time.
The unemployment rate did tick lower to 4.2%. The 10-year Treasury yield dipped following the release, falling by around four basis points intraday.
Why the NASDAQ took the hardest hit
Markets responded with mixed results: the Dow Jones Industrial Average actually climbed, the S&P 500 barely moved, and the NASDAQ-100 fell sharply.
Bitcoin holds the line
While equities were having an identity crisis, Bitcoin stayed remarkably composed near the $61,000 level. Ether ETF discussions also surfaced in the backdrop of the jobs data, though no direct price impact on major crypto protocols was observed in the immediate aftermath.