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Finance News - Dow Suffers Largest Point Drop Since October Due to Delta

Dow Suffers Largest Point Drop Since October Due to Delta

  • Szabolcs Szecsei
  • December 16, 2021

Concerned over speculations that the rebound in new Covid cases would slow economic growth across the globe, US stock figures fell hard on Monday, especially affecting the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had its worst market experience since October last year.

More precisely, the Dow managed to drop 2.1% or 725.81 points to 33,962.04. During the session, the company went as low as 946 points but somewhat recovered in the end.

That’s not all. S&P 500 fell to 4,258.49, or 1.6%, Nasdaq Composite fell 1.1% (14, 274.98) experiencing a five-day losing streak. Other companies, like Russell 2000 also managed to drop and dip during the day but still down more than 10% from their best performance since March.

As the delta variant spreads among the unvaccinated and new cases arise among US citizens this month (around 26,000 new cases a day), the Cboe Volatility Index, or “fear gauge”, reached 25 points during the broad market sell-off, which was also the highest since this May.

Airlines also got hit pretty hard as Delta and American shares sank around 4% each, while United lost around 5%.

Even though the decline on Monday was pretty harsh, overall market damage seems tame at the moment and it doesn’t seem that the stock market crash scenario from 2020 will be repeating itself.

According to Bill Ackman, a billionaire investor, the delta variant shouldn’t be seen as a threat as the faster-spreading virus might also speed up the process of developing herd immunity. As he said, it might help tip the scale in favor of getting vaccinated in some people. However, Ackman stated that the delta variant won’t really change overall behavior that much. He also firmly believes that the economy will make a dashing recovery as soon as this fall.

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Szabolcs Szecsei

With over a decade of experience in writing and two decades in making music, Szabolcs is all ears when it comes to creating written and audio content. As an active touring/recording musician and creative writer, he focuses on exploring new places, experiences, and topics. He also rediscovered his long lost love for gaming, which only fueled his appetite to research new tech trends. Lastly, his enthusiasm toward powerlifting also means that he's trying to be well-versed in other topics too, such as lifestyle, fitness, resistance training, bodybuilding, and strength sports.

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