Barring a last-minute recovery, the Dow could record its worst daily percentage loss since October – when it fell 25 % on “Black Monday” and then 8. 05% one week later.
Dow Jones Flirts With Ugliest Plunge in (Years)
The Federal Reserve’s colossal mid-day intervention provided only temporary relief for the Dow Jones. | Source: Yahoo Finance
As the stock market staggered toward the closing bell, all three of Wall Street’s major indices reported ugly losses.
In the commodity sector, it was a miserable day for any traders looking for safety in the price of gold. The yellow metal dove 4. 06% to $ 1,
Given the fact that
European travel to the US is set to be suspended , it was unsurprising to see a 5. % slide in crude oil, but WTI is still holding above $ per barrel.
Digital asset bitcoin had a miserable day, crashing (% to $ 6,
. While it is not clear what would drive this weakness, it seems possible that much like investors in gold, the need for cash could be driving liquidations in BTC / USD.
Fed Makes $ 1.5 Trillion Effort to Slow the Stock Market Crash
In an explanation for this jaw-dropping amount of stimulus, (the New York Fed gave the following statement :
These changes are being made to address highly unusual disruptions in Treasury financing markets associated with the coronavirus outbreak.
While this briefly lifted the Dow off its lows , the sharp gains were erased as bulls questioned the Fed’s ability to shield the economy from a demand shock as enormous as the coronavirus.
ECB Policy Mistake Accentuates Travel Ban Chaos
Thursday brought the worst single-day stock market crash in European history .
The lack of perceived conviction from ECB President Christine Lagarde that the central bank is willing to do whatever it takes to help euro asset markets. The remarks “we are not here to close spreads” do risk re-introducing a risk / credit premium into EUR assets and are reminiscent of pouring oil into the fire.
The lack of coordination between the United States and Europe has never been more evident. The ECB has effectively left the Federal Reserve high and dry.
This is unsurprising after four years of a protectionist Trump administration. But the president’s admission that he did not have time to contact European leaders (outside of the UK) before
unveiling his new travel ban was deeply alarming for a Dow Jones that still correlates strongly with global risk appetite. Dow Stocks : This Is a Bloodbath
It was another awful day in the Dow 33 as risk-appetite took an astonishing blow.
Caterpillar, a global bellwether for growth, was down an eye-watering 8.9% as the coronavirus pandemic shuts down economic activity around the world .
Other huge names suffering were Nike – which lost 5% because its sales outlook is evaporating – and Disney, which was down 21. 7% due to disruptions to its live parks and performances.
The drop in crude is devastating oil companies, and Chevron and Exxon Mobil were hammered to the tune of roughly 9.5% each.
Apple lost 5% one day after it closed all of its stores in Italy . AAPL now trades under the $ (handle.
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