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WHO declares epidemic "global pandemic" drags U.S. stocks to close down more than 4%

2020-03-11T20:10:30.894Z


The Bank of England announced that members of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee unanimously approved a 50 basis point cut to 0.25% and introduced a new SME Funding Scheme (TFSME) to allow banks to lend additional funds to SMEs


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Written by: Zhai Ziqian, Zhang Weilun

2020-03-11 23:04

Last updated: 2020-03-12 04:07

The Bank of England announced that members of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee unanimously approved a 50 basis point cut to 0.25% and introduced a new SME Funding Scheme (TFSME) to allow banks to lend additional funds to SMEs.

Thanks to the release of the Bank of England, the European stock market improved in the early stages, but the increase soon narrowed, and the Italian stock market fell even more. U.S. stocks hit the V on Tuesday (10th), and the tail market rose sharply. The Dow drew more than 1,300 points from its low position, and was close to the close of the day. However, as the number of new cases of new pneumonia diagnosed in the United States has exceeded 1,000, plague the market again, and market conditions are expected to fluctuate.

[04:05] US stocks closed down more than 4%

The performance of US stocks on March 11 fell again. The Dow closed at 23553.22 points, down 1649.94 points, or a decline of 5.86%. The Nasdaq closed at 7952.05 points, down 392.20 points, or 4.70%. The S & P 500 closed at 2741.38 points, down 140.85 points, or 4.89%.

[04:00] Warren Buffett: not as serious as the 2008 financial tsunami

In an interview on Wednesday (11th), Warren Buffett described the sell-off as "quite unique", saying that the recent stock market slump was caused by the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the plunge in oil prices, but the situation is not like the 2008 financial tsunami or the 1987 The stock market crash was so bad, and the stock market performance in 2008 made him even more afraid.

[03:15] Dow Into Bear Market

The Dow fell more than 1600 points into the bear market, and last reported at 23,361 points, down 1657 points or 6.62%. The WHO announced that the new coronavirus epidemic was classified as a global pandemic plague, and investors ’expectations of the United States promptly adopting fiscal stimulus measures to mitigate the impact of the epidemic have cooled.

[03:10] Dow's decline to 6.5%

The Dow extended its decline to 23392 points, down 1628 points or 6.5%.

[02:16] The Dow drops more than 1300 points

The Dow continued to fall at 23,647 points, down 1370 points or 5.4%.

[01:35] European stocks fall

Investors paid close attention to the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia. The Bank of England urgently cut interest rates by 50%, the main interest rate fell to 0.25%, and the European stock market rose 2.3% in the early stage, but closed down. The British FTSE 100 index closed at 5,876 points. It fell 83 points; the French CAC 40 index closed at 4,610 points, down 26 points; the German DAX index closed at 10,438 points, down 36 points.

[00:35] WHO officially announces epidemic as global pandemic

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on March 11 that the epidemic was classified as pandemic.

[23:03] Dow's decline narrows

The Dow fell slightly, with the latest report at 24128 points, down 889 points, the Standard & Poor's index fell 2786 points, down 95 points or 3.3%, the Nasdaq fell 255 points or 3.1%, and last reported at 8088 points.

[22:50] The Dow drops another thousand points

The Dow continued to fall, with a maximum of 1020 points inserted, a low of 23997 points, and a loss of 24,000.

[22:45] Boeing shares plummet

Boeing (BA) continued to expand after opening lower. The latest stock price fell by 10% to 205.56 yuan.

[22:35] Dow's decline widens to 3.7%

The decline in US stocks has expanded, with the latest Dow index reporting at 24099 points, down 918 points or 3.7%, the Standard & Poor's index at 2789 points, 92 points or 3.2%, and the Nasdaq index at 8103 points, 240 points or 2.9% .

[22:10] The Dow drops more than 700 points, Boeing drops 7.3%

US stocks tumbled, the Dow fell more than 700 points, many constituent stocks fell, Boeing fell 7.3%, Apple fell 2.9%, and JP Morgan Chase fell 2.8%.

Electric vehicle maker Tesla rose 0.6% against the market.

[21:50] Dow drops to 800 points

After the Dow opened 400 points lower, the decline had expanded to 856 points or 3.4%.

[21:40] HSI overnight keeps up with narrowing declines

Half an hour before the opening of the US stock market, the Hang Seng Index fell 136 points at one night and was 238 points lower. After the U.S. stock market opened, the night period briefly rose, the latest reported 25071 points, down 58 points.

[21:30] Three major US stock indexes open lower

The Dow Jones index opened 413 points lower at 24,604 points, and has fallen more than 700 points in the early stages.

The Nasdaq opened at 8,136, down 208 points.

The S & P 500 index opened at 2,825 points, down 56 points, and fell 81 points.

[20:43] Dow futures fall by more than 600 points

The Dow futures still maintained a decline of more than 600 points, with the latest report at 24185 points, down 664 points, the S & P futures report at 2785 points, down 80 points, and the Nasdaq futures at 8109 points, down 222 points.

[19:50] US stock futures continue to soften

The decline in the Dow futures gradually expanded to more than 600 points, down 2.5%; the Nasdaq futures also fell 200 points or 2.4%; the benchmark futures inserted nearly 80 points or 2.7%.

[18:30] Hang Seng Index fell 23 points at night

The Hang Seng Index fell sharply in the night period, falling 23 points at one time, and 125 points below the water.

[18:20] Major European stock markets are generally up

The latest British FTSE index rose 0.9%; the German DAX index rose 1.8%; the French CAC index also rose nearly 1.9%; the recent weaker Italian FTSE MIB index also rose 1%.

The three major US stock index futures still fell. Dow Jones Index futures fell 722 points at 1:45 pm in Hong Kong. Following the sudden announcement of interest rate cuts by the Bank of England, the decline narrowed to 200 points, and the latest drop was about 400 points or 1.7. %; Nasdaq and benchmark futures fell 1.8%.

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Source: hk1

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