China-Singapore Jingwei Client, April 1st. On Tuesday, Eastern time, the three major US stock indexes closed down, and the Dow fell more than 400 points. The Nasdaq fell nearly 1%, and the S & P 500 fell 1.6%. At this point, the U.S. stocks ended dismally in the first quarter. Among them, the Dow fell 23.2% in the first quarter, the largest quarterly decline since 1987.

Timeshare chart of the three major US stock indexes. Source: Wind

As of the close, the Dow fell 41.32 points to 21917.16 points, a drop of 1.84%; the Nasdaq fell 74.05 points to 7701.10 points, a drop of 0.95%; the S & P 500 index fell 42.06 points to 2,854.59 points, a 1.60% drop.

In terms of large US technology stocks, Apple fell 0.2%, Amazon fell 0.72%, Nai Fei rose 1.22%, Google rose 1.36%, Facebook rose 0.51%, and Microsoft fell 1.57%.

Most of the hot Chinese stocks rose, Alibaba rose 1.64%, Jingdong rose 0.27%, Baidu rose 1.86%; China Open Online rose 37.68%, the ninth city rose 26.36%, Pinduoduo rose 1.12%, Weilai Automobile rose 2.4%, NetEase rose 4.58%; Yiheng Health fell 46.36%, and basket technology fell 21.43%.

The Dow fell 23.2% in the first quarter. Source: Wind

Wind data shows that the Dow fell 13.74% in March, its largest monthly drop since 2008. The Dow fell 23.2% in the first quarter, its largest quarterly decline since 1987. S & P fell 20% in the first quarter, the largest single-quarter decline since the fourth quarter of 2008.

On the news, Worldometer's real-time statistics show that the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 180,000, reaching 180,789, and a total of 3,580 deaths.

In the European market, the three major European stock indexes rose across the board on the 31st. The average price index of 100 stocks in the London Stock Exchange's "Financial Times" closed at 5671.96 points on March 31, an increase of 108.22 points or 1.95% over the previous trading day. As for the other two major European stock indexes, the French Paris CAC40 index closed at 4396.12 points, an increase of 17.61 points or 0.40% over the previous trading day. The Frankfurt stock market DAX index closed at 9,935.84 points, an increase from the previous trading day 119.87 points, an increase of 1.22%.

The US dollar index fell on the 31st. As of late trading in the New York currency market, the US dollar index, which measures the dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.11% to 99.0712.

New York oil prices rose slightly on the 31st. The price of New York light crude oil for May delivery rose 0.39 US dollars to close at 20.48 US dollars per barrel.

In terms of international gold prices, the most active June gold futures price on the New York Mercantile Exchange's gold futures market fell 31.6% from the previous trading day on the 31st to close at 1,596.6 USD per ounce, a decrease of 2.84%. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)