Consumer discretionary stocks fell after tepid jobs data.
Consumer spending has proved resilient despite more than three years of elevated inflation.
Some retailers and consumer-products companies, such as Procter & Gamble, warned in their latest updates that shoppers are exhibiting more caution.
A rising unemployment rate could be the last straw for the consumer-led economic expansion.
Shares of Rolex producer Watches of Switzerland fell by 7% after President Trump imposed tariffs of 39% on Swiss imports.
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