Tech stocks tumble as investors balk at lofty valuations

Tech stocks tumble as investors balk at lofty valuations

US stocks were mixed on Monday with tech stocks pulling back over valuation concerns while investors weighed what rising yields could mean for inflation.

Fundstrat's Thomas Lee says the case for cyclical stocks within energy, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, and financials is strengthening as coronavirus cases fall and the US economy begins to re-open.

US lawmakers will debate on President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan act this week. Also, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell will deliver testimony to the Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees

Here's where US indexes stood at the 4 p.m. ET close on Monday:

Shares of Churchill Capital IV spiked as much as 19% on Monday after a Bloomberg report said a merger with the electric-vehicle maker Lucid Motors could come as soon as Tuesday. The report follows weeks of rumors that special-purpose acquisition company Churchill would merge with Lucid. 

Famed Reddit trader Keith Gill has increased his stake in GameStop, according to a screenshot he posted to Reddit on Friday. Gill, who goes by Roaring Kitty on YouTube and Twitter and DeepF---ingValue on Reddit, now owns 100,000 shares of the video-game retailer, representing a double of his previous common share stake of 50,000 shares. 

General Electric gained as much as 5.6% on