U.S. equities continue their tough start to 2024 with the Nasdaq on its longest losing run since 2022. Private hiring in the U.S. is up for December with wage growth slowing ahead of today’s NFP data. The ADP’s chief economist Nela Richardson tells CNBC this trend is set to continue. Exxon says it will take a $2.6bn write-down over idled assets in California while Chevron CEO Michael Wirth tells our colleagues Stateside that oil and gas demand is only set to grow. And in tech news, Apple sees shares nosedive and market cap valuation falling by almost $170bn since the start of the year following Piper Sandler’s downgrade of the company – its second this week.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.