Xinhua News Agency, New York, March 18 (Reporter Liu Yanan Xingyue) The panic caused by the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the financial market has not been effectively alleviated. The three major stock indexes in the New York stock market all fell sharply at the close on the 18th.
The three major stock indexes of the New York stock market opened sharply lower in the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S & P 500 stock index fell by more than 7% in the afternoon. The fuse mechanism was triggered for the fourth time this month. After the transaction resumed, it continued to fall. narrow.
On the same day, the closing price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below the 20,000-point integer mark for the first time since February 2017. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S & P 500 stock index, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 10.92%, 9.83%, and 8.84%, respectively.
As of the close of the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1338.46 points to close at 19898.92 points, a drop of 6.3%; the S & P 500 stock index fell 131.09 points to close at 2398.10 points, a drop of 5.18%; the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 344.94 Points, closing at 6898.84 points, a decrease of 4.7%.
In terms of sectors, the eleven major sectors of the S & P 500 Index fell across the board. The energy sector, financial sector, real estate sector, and manufacturing sector led the declines with 14.28%, 8.85%, 7.46%, and 7.15%, and the communications services sector experienced the smallest decline, at 2.82%.