Affected by the epidemic, only on Thursday, the stock markets of more than 10 countries have melted out.
The epidemic continues to impact the US stock market.
U.S. stocks plunged on Thursday, the Nasdaq dropped sharply by 9.43%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 9.99%, the biggest single-day drop since “Black Monday” in 1987. But the difference is that when the “Black Monday” stock disaster broke out, there was no clear negative news on the news, and the current plunge was due to the impact of the new crown epidemic.
Amazon , Apple , Google parent company Alphabet, Facebook And Microsoft, the five largest U.S. technology companies, lost $ 416.63 billion in total market capitalization. Among them, Apple shares fell 9.88%, Facebook fell 9.30%, and Alphabet fell 8.2%. Amazon fell 7.98%, Microsoft fell 9.48%, and the five giants all fell more than the Monday’s decline. At that time, the market value of the five giants had shrunk by $ 321.6 billion.
This year, Facebook has fallen 24.7%, Alphabet has fallen 17%, Apple has fallen 15.5%, Microsoft has fallen 11.8%, and Amazon has fallen 9.3%.
Wednesday evening, after the Jazz center Gobert was diagnosed with the new crown epidemic, the NBA announced the suspension of the 2019-2020 season. The recovery time will be notified separately. The NBA may suffer losses of more than $ 1 billion.
The outbreak has also severely affected major US technology companies. According to foreign media reports, Amazon said in an email to employees on Thursday that it is recommended that the company’s employees worldwide work from home until the end of March to prevent the spread of the epidemic. Previously, Google recommended that employees in North America work from home, at least until April 10th, and suggested that employees from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa work from home on March 12. Apple also closed all (17) retail stores in Italy and did not disclose when it will reopen.
Recently, major technology companies in the first half of the year have canceled major technology conferences. Google’s I / O conference and Facebook’s F8 developer conference have canceled the live event and switched to online live broadcast. The Nvidia GTC conference (GPU technology conference) and even the online live broadcast have also been canceled. Instead, new press releases are released. The prospects for the Microsoft Build conference and Apple’s spring new product launch are not optimistic.
Affected by the epidemic, only this Thursday, there are 10The stock markets of the above countries have melted down, including US stock market, Brazil stock market, Canadian stock market, Thailand stock market, Philippine stock market, Pakistan stock market, South Korean stock market, Indonesia stock market, Mexico stock market, Colombia stock market, etc.
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