Sino-Singapore Jingwei Client, October 16th, the three major US stock indexes collectively closed down again on Thursday, falling for the third consecutive trading day.

The three major stock indexes opened sharply lower and rebounded. The Dow and the S&P 500 were briefly red.

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　　At 16:00 on October 15th, U.S. Eastern Time (04:00 on October 16, Beijing time), the Dow closed down 19.80 points, or 0.07%, to 28,494.20 points; the Nasdaq closed down 54.86 points, or 0.47%, to 11,713.87 points ; The S&P 500 index closed down 5.33 points, or 0.15%, to 3,483.34 points.

　　Most major US technology stocks fell. Apple fell 0.4%, Amazon fell 0.75%, Netflix rose 0.09%, Google fell 0.51%, Facebook fell 1.88%, and Microsoft fell 0.54%.

　　US financial stocks were mixed. JPMorgan Chase rose 1.54%, Goldman Sachs fell 1.26%, Citigroup rose 1.32%, Morgan Stanley rose 1.34%, Bank of America rose 2.29%, Wells Fargo fell 1.25%, Berkshire Hazza Wei rose 0.54%.

　　US energy stocks rose collectively. Exxon Mobil rose 0.85%, Chevron rose 0.8%, ConocoPhillips rose 2.52%, Schlumberger rose 2.88%, and EOG Energy rose 2.24%.

　　Popular Chinese concept stocks rose and fell mixed. Alibaba fell 0.52%, JD.com fell 1.05%, Baidu fell 4.43%; Kaixin Auto fell 32.83%, Qingke fell 12.48%, Qutoutiao fell 8.14%, Weibo fell 2.47%; Long Win International rose 69.3%, Weilai Automobile rose 6%, and Aurora rose 15.88%.

MINISO finally closed up 4.35% on the first day of its IPO, to US$20.87, with a market value of US$6.3 billion.

　　In terms of data, on October 15, local time, the US Department of Labor released data showing that in the week ending October 10, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits for the first time in the United States was about 898,000, which was higher than the previous market expectation of 830,000. It has continued to decline for more than a month.

　　According to Xinhuanet, analysts pointed out that the data of first-time jobless claims has rebounded again, indicating that the US labor market is struggling to recover, and it may be difficult to return to the level before the outbreak of the new crown in the short term.

With the increase in the number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States, and the cold weather inhibiting the demand for outdoor dining, the survival of many restaurants is once again threatened; and the recent large-scale layoffs of airlines have also increased the number of unemployment.

In addition, the negotiations between the White House and Congress on a new round of fiscal stimulus have reached a deadlock, which has also hit the labor market to a certain extent.

　　European stocks: The three major European stock indexes fell sharply on the 15th.

The London Stock Market "Financial Times" average price index of 100 stocks closed at 5,832.52 points, down 102.54 points, or 1.73%.

The CAC40 index of the Paris stock market closed at 4,837.42 points, down 104.24 points, or 2.11%.

The DAX index of the Frankfurt stock market in Germany fell 324.31 points, or 2.49%, to close at 12,703.75 points.

　　International oil prices: New York oil prices fell on the 15th, and the price of New York light crude oil futures for delivery in November fell 8 cents to close at US$40.96 per barrel.

Brent's December crude oil futures closed down 0.16 US dollars, or 0.37%, to 43.16 US dollars per barrel.

　　In terms of gold: the most active December gold futures price on the New York Mercantile Exchange gold futures market rose 1.6 US dollars over the previous trading day on the 15th, closing at US$1908.9 per ounce, an increase of 0.08%.

(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)