Tag: slides

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  Volatile session in US markets with indexes continuing the several sessions slide

  

  Wall Street indexes continued their slide in Thursday’s volatile session as investors worried about rising interest rates and braced for a trade war hit to corporate earnings a day ahead of the quarterly reporting season kickoff.

• Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  US markets suffer their sharpest one-day fall: fears of interest rates, inflation and trade tensions

  

  United States share markets suffered on Wednesday their sharpest one-day falls in months, as fears about rising interest rates, inflation, trade tensions intensified. The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the declines, sliding 4%, or 315.9 points, to 7,422. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 also fell by more than 3%, with losses accelerating towards the end of the day. Netflix fell 8%, while Amazon slid 6%.