Wall Street ends sharply lower, Treasury yields slip as investors eye Nvidia results, data onslaught

Wall Street ends sharply lower, Treasury yields slip as investors eye Nvidia results, data onslaught

By Stephen Culp

Mon November 17, 2025 6:19 PM

Everything was swimming along fine right along flat until about 12:30 when massive panic-selling came out of nowhere. Though no explanations were given as to what exactly transpired at that hour, the explanation that was given was that uncertainties regarding stretched valuations, a possible AI bubble, and a weakened labor market which began last Thursday has now stretched into a third day of very serious sell-offs with both the Dow and Nasdaq into serious 3-digit losses. Today the added trigger is the coming later this week of those long awaited government labor reports which have been on hold due to the shutdown.  

Investors are preparing for an onslaught of new data which may or may not validate the fears of valuations and jobs, so it’s sell now in case the new data presents bad news. As for good news, Q3 is almost done with 90% reporting and 83% beating estimates. Nvidia’s Q3 is coming Wednesday which will be widely parsed for signs of weakening AI and what that might do to the market as a whole. With so much new information coming in such a short time, this is going to be an important week.  Per the CBOE, volume came in at 19.3 billion, a little below the 20.2 average. 

DJ: 47,147.48  -309.74        NAS: 22,900.59  +30.23        S&P: 6,734.11  -3.38              11/14

DJ: 46,590.24  -557.24        NAS: 22,708.07  -192.51       S&P: 6,672.41  -61.70            11/17

Mon 11-17-25 6:19 pm Wall Street ends sharply lower, Treasury yields slip as investors eye Nvidia results, data onslaught | Reuters