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Published 2021/03/30, 22:35
Updated 2021/03/30, 22:36
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* Nasdaq headed for monthly loss

* Bank stocks rebound

* Indexes: Dow down 0.3%, S&P 500 down 0.3%, Nasdaq down 0.1%

By Caroline Valetkevitch

NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended down slightly on Tuesday, with investors selling tech-related growth shares after U.S. Treasury yields hit a 14-month high.

At the same time, the S&P 500 financials .SPSY , industrials .SPLRCI and consumer discretionary .SPLRCD sectors rose, extending the recent rotation out of growth and into so-called value names.

Tech shares trimmed losses in afternoon trading with Treasury yields off the day's high, but the S&P technology sector .SPLRCT ended down 1% on the day. The Nasdaq was on track for its first monthly loss since November following the recent rise in yields.

Tech stocks, which have a low-rate environment heavily baked into their pricey valuations, have been among the hardest hit by the rise in yields.

"It's somewhat of a leadership-less market," said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment strategist at Inverness Counsel in New York. "Investors' preferences are flipping around here almost on a daily basis, primarily between tech plus and cyclicals.

"Cyclicals have certainly had the upper hand here for a while, trading off the reopening of the economy. Tech plus holds in there because it's really the promise of the future - it should provide investors with steady growth."

The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield US10YT=RR hit a 14-month high of 1.776% early on Tuesday, but was at about 1.715% by late afternoon in New York. Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 104.41 points, or 0.31%, to 33,066.96, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 12.54 points, or 0.32%, to 3,958.55 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 14.25 points, or 0.11%, to 13,045.39.

The Russell 2000 value index .RLV was up 0.1%, outperforming the Russell 2000 growth index .RLG , which shed about 0.6% in a continuation of a trend since late last year.

"For the next day or two, (value stocks) will probably be leaders because we have quarter-end and institutions want to make sure that they have exposure to the names that performed well," said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth in New York.

Bets on a swift economic rebound backed by vaccine rollouts and unprecedented stimulus have helped the S&P 500 and the Dow hit record closing highs recently.

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden will unveil more details about the first stage of his infrastructure plan, which could be worth as much as $4 trillion. stocks rebounded as investors took heart from signs that the impact from the fall of a U.S. hedge fund did not ripple out to broader markets.

Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) & Co WFC.N shares jumped 2.5% after the lender said it had a prime brokerage relationship with Archegos Capital and that it no longer had any exposure and did not experience any losses. issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 1.48-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.47-to-1 ratio favored advancers.

The S&P 500 posted 32 new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 49 new highs and 73 new lows.

Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10.29 billion shares, compared with the 13.5 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.

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