Wall Street Ends In The Red On Renewed Pessimism On Stimulus
Muhammad Irfan Published August 12, 2020 | 02:10 AM
New York, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Aug, 2020 ) :US stocks reversed course on Tuesday to end in the red, with all three major indices dropping and the broad S&P 500 closing lower for the first time in eight days.
At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.4 percent to 27,686.91 and the S&P 500 fell 0.8 percent to 3,333.69.
The Nasdaq continued its recent slide to close with a loss of 1.7 percent to finish at 10,782.82.
Wall Street tanked with less than an hour left in the trading session, after Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell poured cold water on prospects for a deal on a new pandemic aid bill.
"And so another day has gone by with an impasse and they need to get together," McConnell said on Fox News.
Investors were cheered early in the day by news of a Russian COVID-19 vaccine and by President Donald Trump floating the idea of cutting capital gains taxes -- lower taxes on selling investments like stocks are usually welcomed by markets.
But analysts said traders were operating on the assumption a deal on an emergency spending package was just a matter of time.
Quincy Krosby of Prudential said the course correction was sparked by McConnell's pessimism but noted that "This is a lower volume market given the summer lull, and markets reactions can move higher and lower more swiftly." The losses were widespread across many sectors, and short-circuited the S&P's moves towards a new record.
Apple, which was on the verge of topping $2 trillion in market value, in lost nearly 3.0 percent to close at $437.50.
Video meeting service Zoom lost 7.6 percent, and other big losers spanned the spectrum, including Facebook, Walgreens Boots Alliance, microsoft, Pfizer and Walmart.
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