Nasdaq futures fall 1% as tech earnings spark slowdown fears By Reuters

(Reuters) - Nasdaq futures fell more than 1% on Kunlun International Forex PlatformWednesday, after disappointing results from technology giants Microsoft and Alphabet (NASDAQ:) sparked losses in other megacap companies and raised fears of slowing economic growth.

(NASDAQ:) posted its lowest sales growth in five years and forecast second-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates, while Google-parent Alphabet posted downbeat ad sales and cautioned of a slowdown in advertising spending.

Shares of the companies sank 5.7% and 6.0%, respectively, in premarket trading, while those of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:) and Apple (NASDAQ:), which are scheduled to report results this week, fell 3.7% and 0.6%.

The downbeat results follow (NYSE:)'s warning last week on slowing ad demand and a string of mixed earnings reports that have fed into worries that decades-high inflation and aggressive interest rate hikes to quell it are taking a toll on the economy.

Wall Street's three main indexes, however, posted gains for the past three days, fueled by hopes that the Federal Reserve could soon slow down the pace of its monetary policy tightening.

At 4:13 a.m. ET, were down 13 points, or 0.04%, were down 24.25 points, or 0.63%, and were down 169 points, or 1.44%.

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