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CORRECTED-US STOCKS-Wall Street clobbered as crude plummets, virus crisis deepens

Published 03/10/2020, 04:46 AM
© Reuters.  CORRECTED-US STOCKS-Wall Street clobbered as crude plummets, virus crisis deepens
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(Corrects to show oil's biggest one-day fall since Gulf war,
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* S&P 500 posts its worst day since Dec 2008
* Crude prices in biggest drop since 1991 Gulf War
* Energy shares post largest-ever one-day drop
* Indexes down: Dow 7.74%, S&P 7.59%, Nasdaq 7.29%

By Stephen Culp
NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street suffered its
biggest one-day loss since the 2008 financial crisis on Monday
and recession worries loomed large as tumbling oil prices and
ongoing coronavirus fears prompted investor panic on the
anniversary of the U.S. stock market's longest-ever bull run.
All three major U.S. stock averages plunged sharply at the
opening bell, triggering trading halts put in place in the wake
of 1987's "Black Monday" crash. The Dow plummeted a record 2,000
points out of the starting gate on the day marking the current
bull market's 11th year.
During the session, the Dow came about a 10th of a percent
from confirming a bear market, or 20% below its record peak.
The S&P 500 closed about 19% below its all-time high set on
Feb. 19.
"It's certainly one for the history books," said Matthew
Keator, managing partner in the Keator Group, a wealth
management firm in Lenox, Massachusetts. "The markets are now
pricing in a high probability of recession."
Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital
Securities in New York, agreed.
"There's a lot of fear in the market and if the price of oil
continues to move lower it's an indication that a global
recession is not far away," Cardillo said.
The CBOE Volatility index .VIX , a gauge of investor
anxiety, touched its highest level since December 2008.
Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields briefly sank to
0.318%, a record low. The sell-off began over the weekend when an oil supply pact
between Saudi Arabia and Russia collapsed and both countries
vowed to hike production amid weakening global demand due to
the coronavirus and signs of an economic slowdown. Oil prices registered their biggest one-day fall since the
1991 Gulf war, with Brent crude futures LCOc1 closing down
23.88% and front-month WTI falling 25.1%. That sent the S&P
Energy index .SPNY sliding 20.1%, its largest one-day drop on
record. Global markets were already on edge as worldwide confirmed
cases of COVID-19 surged past 110,000, causing widespread supply
disruption and large-scale quarantine measures as governments
scramble to contain the outbreak.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 2,013.76
points, or 7.79%, to 23,851.02, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 225.81
points, or 7.60%, to 2,746.56 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC
dropped 624.94 points, or 7.29%, to 7,950.68.
All 11 major sectors of S&P 500 ended the session deep in
red territory, with energy and interest rate-sensitive financial
.SPSY stocks suffering the largest percentage losses.
Boeing Co BA.N was the biggest drag on the Dow, tumbling
13.4% following the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA)
rejection of the planemaker's proposal regarding wiring systems
in place on its grounded 737 MAX aircraft. Apple Inc AAPL.O shares fell 7.9% after data showed the
company sold fewer than 500,000 smartphones in China in February
amid the coronavirus crisis. Chipmakers registered their largest drop since October 2008,
with the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index .SOX falling
8.3%.
Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a
17.86-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 19.11-to-1 ratio favored
decliners.
The S&P 500 posted one new 52-week high and 229 new lows;
the Nasdaq Composite recorded nine new highs and 1,049 new lows.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 17.22 billion shares, compared
with the 11.05 billion average over the last 20 trading days.


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S&P energy relative to S&P 500 vs crude https://tmsnrt.rs/38RxTL9
US crude price vs energy sector ETF https://tmsnrt.rs/2TPLlcD
Plunging oil, coronavirus stoke credit concerns https://tmsnrt.rs/2TBKldj
Energy sector's rough 2020 https://tmsnrt.rs/2PZC0hq
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