Original title: The three major U.S. stock indexes fell across the board, crude oil plunged and U.S. oil fell below $80
Sino-Singapore Jingwei, November 18, Wednesday (17th) Eastern time, the three major U.S. stock indexes fell across the board, the Dow fell 0.58%, the Nasdaq fell 0.33%, and the S&P 500 index fell 0.26%.
Large technology stocks rose and fell mixed. Apple rose 1.65%, Netflix rose 0.62%, Amazon rose 0.23%, Google rose 0.12%, Microsoft rose 0.07%, and Facebook fell 0.64%.
Bank stocks and energy stocks fell across the board. Morgan Stanley fell 2.98%, Goldman Sachs fell 2.86%, Citigroup fell 1.33%, Bank of America fell 1.17%, Wells Fargo fell 1.03%, JPMorgan Chase fell 0.53%; Western Petroleum fell 3.39%. Schlumberger fell 2.49%, Exxon Mobil fell 1.09%, ConocoPhillips fell 0.91%, and Chevron fell 0.45%.
Anti-epidemic concept stocks rose against the trend. Novavax Pharmaceuticals rose 7.92%, BioNTech rose 5.41%, Moderna rose 3.39%, Pfizer rose 2.54%, and Gilead Sciences rose 0.85%.
Most popular Chinese concept stocks fell, Bright Scholar fell 24.72%, Yixian E-commerce fell 17.78%, iQiyi fell 17.23%, Yiqi Education Technology fell 14.76%, Bilibili fell 8.98%, Baidu fell 5.52%, Duoduo fell 4.46%, Alibaba fell 4.07%, JD The bull rose 4.76%.
In terms of European stocks, the German DAX index rose 0.02% to 16,251.13 points, a record high; the French CAC40 index rose 0.06% to 7156.85 points, a record high; the British FTSE 100 index fell 0.49% to 7291.2 points; Italy’s FTSE The MIB index rose 0.07% to 27824.94 points.
Crude oil fell sharply. WTI December crude oil futures closed down 2.40 US dollars, or 2.97%, to 78.36 US dollars per barrel; Brent January crude oil futures closed down 2.15 US dollars, or 2.61%, to 80.28 US dollars per barrel. Earlier, the International Energy Agency (IEA) stated in its monthly energy report that crude oil prices are expected to fall by US$10/barrel in 2022; crude oil production in the United States is expected to increase substantially. In addition, the U.S. EIA crude oil inventory unexpectedly decreased by 2.101 million barrels in the week to November 12, which is expected to increase by 1.398 million barrels.
In terms of gold, COMEX December gold futures closed up 0.9% to US$1,870.20 per ounce. (China-Singapore Jingwei APP)
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