Tag: Us markets

• 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%.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:53 UTC

  US markets suffer their steepest decline since June 2016. Dow Jones fell 2.5%

  

  The blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its steepest decline since June 2016 on Friday, amid wider losses in United States markets. The fall came after a string of disappointing earnings reports from giants such as Apple.