Russia stepped up its firepower to attack Ukraine, adding obstacles to today's talks between the two countries. In addition, oil prices had surged by more than 10%, dragging down the three major U.S. stock indexes on Tuesday.
The Dow fell about 200 points in the early stage, and then many financial stocks plunged into the water, and the decline expanded to nearly 800 points in the middle; the Nasdaq also turned from up to down.
The Dow Jones closed at 33,294 points, down 597 points or 1.76%; the S&P 500 closed at 4,306 points, down 67 points or 1.55%; the Nasdaq closed at 13,532 points, down 218 points or 1.59%.
Financial stocks fell sharply as Western countries imposed tough sanctions on Russia.
Goldman Sachs fell 3.27%, American Express fell 8.47%, Motong fell 3.77%, and Visa fell 3.31%.
New York oil futures rose nearly 11% to more than $106 a barrel, oil stocks performed better, Chevron bucked the market and rose 3.97%.
Major tech stocks.
Apple announced that it would suspend the sale of all products in Russia, and its stock price fell 1.16%; Tesla fell 0.7%, Microsoft fell 1.29%, NVIDIA fell 3.72%, Amazon fell 1.58%, Alphabet fell 0.74%, Meta fell 3.57%.
US stocks | The tension between Russia and Ukraine once fell 785 points, the Dow fell 785 points, New York oil futures surged 10%, Russia reportedly mobilized the military to attack Ukraine, and the Dow futures fell another 500 points. Gold prices hit a new high in a year A 5% rebound 20%
