S&P 500 futures down 3.6% to 5,184 STOXX Europe 600 down 2.3% to 486.40 MXAP down 6.0% to 166.21 MXAPJ down 4.1% to 530.79 Nikkei down 12.4% to 31,458.42 Topix down 12.2% to 2,227.15 Hang Seng Index down 1.5% to 16,698.36 Shanghai Composite down 1.5% to 2,860.70 Sensex down 2.6% to 78,911.70 Australia S&P/ASX 200 down 3.7% to 7,649.56 Kospi down 8.8% to 2,441.55 German 10Y yield -3 bps at 2.14% Euro up 0.5% to $1.0970 Brent Futures down 1.0% to $76.06/bbl Gold spot down 0.7% to $2,425.51 US Dollar Index down 0.72% to 102.46
The Dow dropped 1,033.99 points, or 2.6%, to end at 38,703.27. The Nasdaq Composite lost 3.43% and closed at 16,200.08, while the S&P 500 slid 3% to end at 5,186.33. The blue-chip Dow and S&P 500 registered their biggest daily losses since September 2022.
The wait is over. Everything that can break is breaking: stock markets, bond markets, the galaxy of derivatives [Energy, crypto, currencies, etc.] bets on this and that, which will never be honored. Banks are next. Gold and silver are hanging in there for dear life just now, because theyre actually worth something.
(And because they are worth something, theyll eventually sell off some too, to cover margin calls on other stuff hemorrhaging value. But they will not go to zero like a lot of other stuff, and theyll come back stronger.)