[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Those factors, along with the recent run-up in stock prices, set the stage for the wave of selling Thursday, said Sal Bruno, chief investment officer at IndexIQ.“It’s not surprising to see a bit of a sell-off, given the furious rally we’ve had coming out of the lows, despite the fact that the economy was not doing great,” Bruno said.“The fact that (the Fed) is talking about keeping interest rates this low through 2022 is a little eye-opening for a lot of folks.”The S&P 500 plunged 5.9 per cent to 3,022 points.
The Nasdaq composite, which rose above 10,000 for the first time a day earlier, slid 5.3 per cent.Small company stocks continued to bear the brunt of the.