In this context, the index that groups the most important companies in the North American stock market, he S&P 500, falls 0.99% in the “premarket”while the Nasdaq Composite, dedicated to the technology sector, corrects 1.16%. For its part, the industrial index Dow Jones decreases 0.71%.
In the previous, the actions with the highest operated volume are the technology companies Nvidia, Tesla, Palantir and AMDall with losses greater than 2% in the pre-opening.
Yesterday, the American regional bank Zions plummeted 13% after revealing that it would record losses of $50 million in the third quarter on two loans from its California division. For its part, Western Alliance shares fell 11% after filing a fraud lawsuit against Cantor Group V, LLC.
Added to this are growing concerns about the closure of the US government, which this Friday marks its seventeenth day of shutdown. Besides, Trade tensions between the US and China also add a certain amount of uncertainty.
In the rest of the world, the outlook is also bearish. In Europe, the Euro Stoxx plummets 1.45%. At the local level, the German DAX falls 2.11% and the French CAC accompanies with -0.74%. Outside the eurozone, the UK FTSE falls 1.42%.
In Asia, the shanghai stock market closed 1.95% down, the Hang Seng of Hong Kong plummeted 2.48% and the Japanese Nikkei 225 fell 1.48%.
In the commodities sector, the declines in the barrel of oil stand out. In the case of Brent crude oil, which is the reference index in Argentina and Europe, a decrease of 1.2% was recorded, to US$60.3. A similar behavior to WTI, from the US: it fell 1.12%, to US$56.35.
Source: Ambito
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