Tech losses cap off a rough week for stocks

U.S. stocks capped the worst week in a month, as the selloff in Treasuries that took yields to seven-year highs persisted amid speculation the latest jobs report clears the path for raising interest rates.

Technology shares led losses Friday, sending the Nasdaq 100 Index to a weekly drop of 3 percent amid concern the U.S.-China trade spat will intensify. Eight of 11 sectors declined in the S&P 500. Intel Corp. dropped the most in the Dow Jones Industrial Average after Bloomberg’s report on Chinese hacking. Stocks began the day higher after the employment data added to confidence in the strength of the American economy.

Just a week after U.S. stocks plowed to fresh records, investors continued to sell the bull market’s biggest winners, ditching high-flyers from Amazon.com to Netflix. The tech rout is the latest blow for global stocks in a week that saw 10-year U.S. Treasury yields climb to seven-year highs, reducing demand for riskier assets. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stoked the rates surge when he said the central bank could eventually boost its benchmark past the neutral level.

“It’s more trade worries than anything else because these companies, they either sell a lot to China or produce a lot in China,” said Matt Maley, equity strategist at Miller Tabak + Co. “And we have the issue of the two naval boats in China, which raises it to more than just an economic issue — there’s political tensions there. And then of course there’s the hacking issue.”

The 10-year bond yield pushed above 3.21 percent as the unemployment rate fell to a 48-year low, though the number of jobs created fell short of estimates. The dollar turned lower versus major peers. Gold futures rose, crude gained and the pound advanced.