Dow futures fall more than 400 points after Trump says he tested positive for coronavirus
Source: CNN Business
Hong Kong (CNN Business)US stock futures plunged Friday after President Donald Trump said that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus.
Dow (INDU)futures were last down 439 points, or 1.6%. S&P 500 (SPX) futures were down 2% and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were down 1.8%.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/investing/global-stocks/index.html
BootinUp
(47,186 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)Frasier Balzov
(2,668 posts)When you get rid of consumer, environmental and worker protections, big business is a fan.
Eugene
(61,945 posts)per MSNBC update
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)olddad65
(599 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)The market hates uncertainty.
The President catching a deadly virus is just that.
diverdownjt
(702 posts)If the market hates uncertainty....this is a godsend.
Lulu KC
(2,574 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)It will be a lousy day on the markets.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)Bengus81
(6,932 posts)But Trump getting the bug tanks it?? Wall St. crooks fear their Golden Goose going away?
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)...which reveals what the market's real concern was.