US stock indexes slid on Monday, with the earnings season set to kick off in earnest this week amid concerns of weaker corporate profit due to the impact of surging inflation.
Wall Street was off to a strong start in July after a brutal first half of the year, but traders are fearing another round of heavy selloff if company results fail to meet expectations this month.
The Nasdaq is set to break its five-day winning streak, weighed down by sharp declines in heavyweights Apple Inc , Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc in early trading.
The market is largely pricing in a 75-basis-point
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