World banks burn $500bn worth of money
, in what is the biggest rout for the financial sector since the start of the Covid pandemic.
The Financial Times does the math, underlining that banks in Europe, Japan and the United States have lost a total of 459 billion dollars in the market since the beginning of March.
The European Stock Exchanges closed sharply down, in line with the negative performance of Wall Street.
Investors fear the risk of contagion for the banking system after the events of
Credit Suisse and US regional lenders
.
Government bond yields also fell sharply.
In decline Milan (1.64%), Paris (-1.43%), Frankfurt (-1.33), London (-1.01%)
.
Why Credit Suisse is in trouble
First Republic sinks on Wall Street.
At the start of trading, it lost 20%, continuing the decline triggered by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank.
First Republic declines despite aid for 30 billion dollars granted by the 11 largest American banks in an attempt to defuse panic on the market.
Wall Street gets worse.
The Dow Jones lost 1.18% to 31,866.31 points, the Nasdaq dropped 0.64% to 11,643.68 points while the S&P 500 lost 1.06% to 3,918.63 points.
ANSA agency
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