The Bank of Japan's statement to not expand monetary stimulus sent ripples across the industry, now affecting stocks in the United States and sending the Standard and Poor's 500 Index downward.
Standard and Poor's 500's industry groups retreated as financial-commodoty companies all plummeted. Bank of America and JP Morgan & Chase Co. dropped by 1.1 percent. Lululemon Athletica dropped by a massive 15 percent after the announced resignation of its chief executive officer Christine Day.
SoftBank Corp.'s increased offer to clinch Sprint Nextel Corp. resulted in the American company's 2.2 percent gain.
"Any sense that the monetary stimulus will slow down or stop, and that by no means is the case in Japan, but just on the margin Japan won't be more aggressive is the reason for the concern," quips Erik Davidson, deputy chief officer at Wells Fargo Private Bank based in San Francisco. "The market has almost become addictive to monetary stimulus," he said.
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