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Stocks trade off highs, but stay positive following discovery of first U.S. omicron case

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Stocks traded off their highs of the day, but kept some gains, on Wednesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of omicron in the U.S.

The Dow was up 520 points at the high of the day. It then fell into negative territory briefly. It was last up about 100 points, continuing a volatile streak of the last four sessions as the omicron threat emerged. The S&P 500 gained 0.6% and the Nasdaq Composite rose about 0.2%.

Stocks dropped from their highs of the session after the CDC reported the country’s first case of the new, heavily mutated coronavirus variant called omicron in California. Omicron — first detected last week in South Africa — has been reported in at least 23 countries, according to the World Health Organization.

Travel stocks were the biggest losers following news of the first case on U.S. shores. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines all dropped more than 5% apiece. Boeing lost nearly 3%.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Carnival got hit by 5% and 4% respectively. Wynn Resorts, Hilton Worldwide fell 2%.

Banks stocks, some retails and certain energy names stayed in the green.

“It feels as though the market was wondering when, not if there was going to be this new variant on our shores,” said Art Hogan, National Securities chief market strategist. “I think we’re at a place now where we understand there’s a diminishing impact with new waves and new variants with this virus. I think that’s important, and the market understands that,” he said.

Steve Massocca of Wedbush Securities said the market reaction is muted to the news of a omicron case in California because it’s just one person and the symptoms are not severe.

“That only goes to the story that because it’s mutated doesn’t mean it’s more deadly,” said Massocca.

He added that some of the selling has been related to tax loss selling and that will continue. “I think a lot of it is tax loss selling. I think a lot of the poor names are doing worse because people are taking tax losses because they have so many gains elsewhere,” he said.

The newfound threat to the recovery from the pandemic, which caused several travel bans, is intensified by the Federal Reserve mulling a quicker-than-planned exit from its easy monetary policy.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell jolted markets on Tuesday after he said the central bank is expected to discuss speeding up the taper of its minimum $120 billion a month bond-buying program. Despite the potential disruption of omicron, the Fed chief said he thinks reducing the pace of monthly bond buys can move quicker than the $15 billion-a-month schedule announced earlier this month. Powell’s comments left the Dow down more than 650 points on Tuesday.

“I think that the taper need not be a disruptive event in markets. I don’t expect that it will be. It hasn’t been so far. We’ve telegraphed it,” Powell said during Congressional testimony on Wednesday.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury rose as much as 9 basis points to around 1.5% earlier in the session on Wednesday but has since retreated to 1.45%.

The major averages have seen several volatile sessions, starting last Friday when the Dow experienced its worst day since October 2020. Stocks rebounded on Monday, only to turn downward again on Tuesday.

Stocks wrapped up a volatile month of trading on Tuesday. The Dow lost 3.7% for its second month of losses in three. The S&P 500 fell 0.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.25% in November. The Russell 2000 shed 4.3% in November, its worst month since March 2020.

Still, the major averages are up solidly for the year. The Dow is up 12.7% and the S&P 500 is up 21.6% in 2021. The Nasdaq Composite is up an impressive 20.6% this year.

On the data front, ADP’s private payroll data for November showed 534,000 jobs added that month, above expectations of 506,000.

Elsewhere, November’s IHS Markit manufacturing PMI came in at 58.3, lower than expected. October construction spending also rose slower than expected, but there was a positive historical revision to help offset the miss.

The November manufacturing report from ISM, which matched expectations and showed a decline in prices paid.

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