Communications-services companies rose as traders rotated into defensive areas less affected by interest rates or economic shifts.
Traders rotated to defensive carriers (T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, Netflix) while tech declined, signaling shift toward interest-rate insensitive assets. Market risk-off could compress enterprise software/cloud budgets as telecom valuations attract capital away from growth-tech allocation.
Communications-services companies rose as traders rotated into defensive areas less affected by interest rates or economic shifts.
Shares of Netflix, T-Mobile US, AT&T and Verizon were all in the green, even as most technology companies lost ground.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 19, 2026 18:39 ET (22:39 GMT)
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