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Sellers reclaimed control of the stock market after it had put together solid back-to-back gains. The change in tone came amid renewed concerns about contagion in Europe and disappointing nonfarm payrolls data.
Stocks entered Friday with a weekly gain of more than 1%, but that was dashed with this session's rout, which saw the S&P 500 drop more than 3%. That gave the stock market a weekly loss of more than 2% -- its fourth weekly loss of more than 1% in six weeks.
Market participants sold stocks en masse upon learning that officials from Hungary stated that economic conditions in their country are grave and that talk of default is not an exaggeration. What's more, the country does not plan to put austerity measures in place, leading many wonder whether the European Union (EU) will have to provide a bailout.
Though Hungary uses the forint instead of the euro as its currency, the country's troubles make for a manifestation of the fears spawned by the tenuous fiscal and financial conditions throughout Europe. In turn, the euro dropped a precipitous 1.7% to set a new four-year low of $1.1956.
Trade was also hurt by news that nonfarm payrolls for May increased by 431,000, which is well below the 500,000 that many had expected. Even higher numbers had been whispered in some circles, making disappointment over the number all the more significant. Ultimately, the smaller-than-expected increase in payrolls overshadowed news that the unemployment rate made a surprise move to 9.7% from 9.8%.
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