Chinanews client April 1st (Xie Yiguan) On the 31st, US stocks closed down across the board. As of the close, the Dow fell 41.32 points, or 1.84%, to 21917.16 points; the Nasdaq fell 74.05 points, or 0.95%, to 7701.10 points; the S & P 500 index fell 42.06 points, or 1.60%, to 2854.59 points.
The Dow fell 13.74% in March, the worst monthly performance since October 2008. It fell 23.20% in the first quarter, recording the largest quarterly decline since the fourth quarter of 1987; the Nasdaq fell 10.12% in March, as The worst monthly performance since November 2008, the cumulative decline of 14.18% in the first quarter, the largest quarterly decline since the fourth quarter of 2018; the S & P 500 index declined 12.51% in March, the worst monthly performance since October 2008 , The cumulative decline in the first quarter of 20%, the largest quarterly decline since the fourth quarter of 2008.