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dow jones indek
ialah index bursa saham
yang diterbitkan oleh
wall street journal
nasdaq ialah bursa saham amerika
untuk membuat pelaburan
ianya kedua terbesar di dunia
s & p 500 ialah bursa saham
amerika yang berasaskan
modal dan pelaburan
500 syarikat di amerika
Dow falls to new low as oil plunges to $27 a barrel
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 550 points before a
surge in buying recovered over half of those losses, ending in a 1.56
percent loss. Meanwhile, oil prices fell to a low not seen since May
2003, with US crude dipping to $27 per barrel.
From an opening of
15,989.45, the Dow never went higher, then closed at 15,766.74, down
some 223 points after rallying back from a low of 15,450.The S&P 500 lost 14 points (0.7 percent) to end at 1,867 after recovering from its lowest level, 1,812.22, since February 2014. The worst performing sector during the day was the energy industry, which fell 4.4 percent, meaning a loss of 14.7 percent since the start of 2016.
The Nasdaq closed at 4,471.69, a drop of just 0.1 percent, after beating back a 145-point loss during the day to end up down just 5.26 points.
The early sell-offs were triggered by record-low oil
prices dropping by a further 4 percent, sinking below $27 per barrel,
its lowest price since September 2003. Crude oil has become so cheap
after the lifting of UN sanctions against Iran because investors expect
Iran's oil exports to add to the current supply glut.----------
