Stock futures inch higher after the Nasdaq posts worst month since 2008

cnbc.com:

U.S. stock index futures inched higher during overnight trading Sunday after the Nasdaq Composite Index posted its worst month since 2008, pressured by rising rates, rampant inflation, and underwhelming earnings from some of the largest technology companies.

Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 89 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both added 0.2%.

The major averages sank on Friday, accelerating April's losses. The Dow sank 939 points during the session, bringing its loss last week to roughly 2.5%. It was the 30-stock benchmark's fifth-straight negative week.

The S&P 500 declined 3.63% on Friday, its worst day since June 2022, and posted its fourth-straight negative week for the first time since September 2020. The Nasdaq also posted a fourth-straight week of losses, after falling 4.2% on Friday. Both indexes registered their lowest closing levels of the year.

«This has become a classic trader's market as spikes in volatility and increasingly bearish headlines reverberate,» said Quincy Krosby, chief equity strategist for LPL Financial.

The Dow and S&P 500 are coming off their worst month since March 2020, when the pandemic took hold. The Dow finished April 4.9% lower, while the S&P tanked 8.8%.

The selling was even more extreme in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, which plunged 13.26% in April, its worst month since October 2008. The steep decline follows underperformance from large tech companies, including Amazon, Netflix and Meta Platforms.

"[D]isappointing guidance from technology giants Amazon and Apple have exacerbated concern that a decidedly more hawkish Fed, coupled with still intractable supply chain issues, and rising energy prices may make the hope of a 'soft landing'