Thursday, 18 June, 2026: Sharp fall sharply after the latest monetary policy FED announcement

US equity markets fell sharply as investors digested the latest monetary policy pronouncements from the Federal Reserve – Dow lost -507-points or -0.98% to 51,492.55 after logging two consecutive record closing highs. The 30-stock index did hit a fresh record intra-day high (52,281.19) for a third day running earlier in the session after rising ~0.5% in early trading. Salesforce Inc fell -4.14% to be the worst performer in the Dow overnight and recording its 12th straight session decline to extend its longest losing streak on record.  Amazon.com Inc (-3.46%), International Business Machines Corp (down -3.12%) and Microsoft Corp (-3.79%) all fell over >3%.