Morning Report 10 Aug 22: US sharemarkets were weaker on Tuesday

Investors awaited inflation data. And higher-than-expected data on unit labor costs added to inflationary concerns. Shares in Micron Technology fell 3.7% after the memory-chipmaker cut its fourth-quarter revenue forecast. The Dow Jones index fell by 58 points or 0.2%. The S&P 500 index fell by 0.4% and the Nasdaq index fell by 150.5 points or 1.2%.

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