Major US stock indices fell significantly, as a closely monitored indicator of the US bond market indicated a renewed risk of recession after weak economic data from Germany and China.
Official data released on Wednesday showed that China's industrial output grew at its slowest pace in 17 years in July, while Germany's GDP fell 0.1% in the second quarter from the previous quarter, marking the first drop in the last three quarters. These data have returned to the focus of investors the protracted trade war between the US and China and its negative impact on global economic growth.
Against this background, the yield on 10-year treasury bonds on Wednesday was lower than the yield on 2-year bonds for the first time since 2007, which is a reliable indicator of the upcoming recession. In addition, the yield on 30-year treasury bonds reached a new record low.
Investors also evaluated the Department of Labor report, which showed that US import prices unexpectedly rose in July. According to the report, import prices rose 0.2% in July after falling by a revised 1.1% in June. Economists had predicted that import prices would remain unchanged from a sharp decline of 0.9%, which was originally reported the previous month. The report also showed an unexpected increase in export prices, which rose 0.2% in July after falling by a revised -0.6% in June. Export prices were also expected to remain unchanged from the 0.7 percent decline originally announced for the previous month.
All DOW components completed trading in the red (30 of 30). Outsiders were shares of Dow Inc. (DOW, -5.77%).
All S&P sectors recorded a decline. The largest drop was shown by the base materials sector (-3.2%).
At the time of closing:
Dow 25,479.42 -800.49 -3.05%
S&P 500 2,840.60 -85.72 -2.93%
Nasdaq 100 7,773.94 -242.42 -3.02%
The U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA) revealed on Wednesday that crude inventories
rose by 1.580 million barrels in the week ended August 9. Economists had
forecast a fall of 2.500 million barrels.
At the same
time, gasoline stocks fell by 1.412 million barrels, while analysts had
expected a gain of 0.615 million barrels. Distillate stocks decreased by 1. 934
million barrels, while analysts had forecast a surge of 0.874 million barrels.
Meanwhile, oil
production in the U.S. was unchanged at 12.300 million barrels a day.
U.S. crude oil
imports averaged 7.7 million barrels per day last week, up by 566,000 barrels
per day from the previous week.
U.S. stock-index futures fell sharply on Wednesday, as weak economic data from China and Germany put the focus back on the impact of the U.S.-China trade war, which is pushing some major economies toward the brink of recession.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 20,655.13 | +199.69 | +0.98% |
Hang Seng | 25,302.28 | +20.98 | +0.08% |
Shanghai | 2,808.91 | +11.65 | +0.42% |
S&P/ASX | 6,595.90 | +27.40 | +0.42% |
FTSE | 7,154.64 | -96.26 | -1.33% |
CAC | 5,266.51 | -96.56 | -1.80% |
DAX | 11,520.44 | -229.69 | -1.95% |
Crude oil | $55.42 | -2.91% | |
Gold | $1,525.90 | +0.78% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
3M Co | MMM | 162 | -2.88(-1.75%) | 770 |
ALCOA INC. | AA | 18.65 | -0.46(-2.41%) | 12484 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 46.58 | -0.20(-0.43%) | 4711 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,797.96 | -26.38(-1.45%) | 62354 |
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP | AIG | 55.09 | -1.03(-1.84%) | 1663 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 204.12 | -4.85(-2.32%) | 500419 |
AT&T Inc | T | 34.68 | -0.18(-0.52%) | 32235 |
Boeing Co | BA | 329.05 | -3.81(-1.14%) | 16737 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 116.35 | -2.66(-2.24%) | 16619 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 121.1 | -1.29(-1.05%) | 4956 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 52.2 | -0.52(-0.99%) | 48274 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 62.75 | -2.08(-3.21%) | 132612 |
Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 145.5 | -1.67(-1.13%) | 1097 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 69.4 | -1.09(-1.55%) | 13256 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 185.5 | -2.95(-1.57%) | 129337 |
FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 159 | -1.52(-0.95%) | 1769 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.16 | -0.10(-1.08%) | 113245 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 9.65 | -0.24(-2.43%) | 98003 |
General Electric Co | GE | 9.23 | -0.12(-1.28%) | 336179 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 38.25 | -0.76(-1.95%) | 6380 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 198.75 | -5.36(-2.63%) | 11824 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,178.00 | -19.27(-1.61%) | 2679 |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 205.77 | -2.56(-1.23%) | 7071 |
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 167.69 | -0.29(-0.17%) | 787 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 46.1 | -0.74(-1.58%) | 51872 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 133.83 | -1.96(-1.44%) | 5192 |
International Paper Company | IP | 39.15 | -0.40(-1.01%) | 2339 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 132.56 | -0.86(-0.64%) | 2329 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 106.55 | -2.79(-2.55%) | 56928 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 218.99 | -0.74(-0.34%) | 6096 |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 85.35 | -0.73(-0.85%) | 2346 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 136.4 | -1.74(-1.26%) | 160628 |
Nike | NKE | 81.87 | -1.45(-1.74%) | 4473 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 34.97 | -0.23(-0.65%) | 17283 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 116.66 | -0.59(-0.50%) | 4720 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 95.75 | -0.88(-0.91%) | 8115 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 231.7 | -3.30(-1.40%) | 92580 |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 53.28 | -0.22(-0.41%) | 3633 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 41.15 | -0.66(-1.58%) | 63305 |
United Technologies Corp | UTX | 127.21 | -1.74(-1.35%) | 1256 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 246.75 | -2.47(-0.99%) | 1260 |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 56 | -0.37(-0.66%) | 6237 |
Visa | V | 175.89 | -2.72(-1.52%) | 16748 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 105.67 | -1.74(-1.62%) | 20482 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 135.44 | -1.57(-1.15%) | 17615 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 36.44 | -1.09(-2.90%) | 7017 |
Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
---|---|---|---|
NIKKEI 225 | -229.38 | 20455.44 | -1.11 |
Hang Seng | -543.42 | 25281.3 | -2.1 |
KOSPI | -16.46 | 1925.83 | -0.85 |
ASX 200 | -21.8 | 6568.5 | -0.33 |
FTSE 100 | 24.18 | 7250.9 | 0.33 |
DAX | 70.45 | 11750.13 | 0.6 |
Dow Jones | 383.47 | 26279.91 | 1.48 |
S&P 500 | 43.62 | 2926.32 | 1.51 |
NASDAQ Composite | 152.95 | 8016.36 | 1.95 |
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