Why did Deere & Company stock fall on 7 October?
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Deere & Company −3.80%
Deere fell very sharply in the latest session on no clear company-specific news. Over the last five trading days Deere fell clearly while the S&P 500 rose clearly and the industrials sector was roughly unchanged, so the stock lagged both the market and its sector. The likely driver is a broad pullback in industrial and construction-related shares — the sector fund fell sharply in the same session — with Deere's high valuation and sensitivity to farm income and borrowing costs adding pressure, partly explaining why it fell more than its peers. Watch the next earnings report in late November for whether the construction and small-equipment mix keeps offsetting weak large-ag demand.
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