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US market close: Dow dives 540 points

By Joseph Toppe

21:23, 18 January 2022

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Dow Jones off 540 points in Tuesday trading - Photo: Shutterstock

The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 543 points, or 1.51%, to extend its three-session losing streak, the S&P 500 slipped 1.84%, while the Nasdaq Composite went down 2.60% on Tuesday.

Halfway through the session, the Dow was down around 1.48%, the S&P was down roughly 1.50%, and the Nasdaq declined about 1.78%.

Tech stays down

After starting the day in negative territory, afternoon trading did little to turn the session around for major tech stocks as shares of Adobe dipped 1.39%, Apple fell 1.89%, and Meta Platforms slipped 4.14%.

In other tech stocks, Microsoft fell 2.43% and Amazon was down 1.99%.

In social media stock, shares of Twitter have fallen 2.99%, Snap has plummeted 6.15% and Pinterest has lost 3.44%.

Elsewhere in the technology sector, shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are down 3.62%, while Nvidia was 3.86% lower and Intel dropped 1.69%.

Following reports the Biden Administration was investigating Alibaba to determine if the e-commerce company is a risk to national security, US listed shares for the Chinese-based company are down 2.26%, after falling 0.35% at the halfway point.

In the banking sector, shares of Wells Fargo are off 2.34%, Citigroup is down 2.43%, and JPMorgan is 4.20% lower.

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Oil: Best since 2014

Oil futures went higher on Tuesday as West Texas Intermediate crude for February delivery rose $1.61, or 1.9%, to settle at $85.43 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while March Brent crude tacked on $1.03, or 1.2%, to end at $87.51 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.

In energy stocks, shares of Hess are 0.41% better, while Chevron is 0.33% higher.

Gold: Yellow metal recedes

Gold futures fell despite hitting small gains midway through the session.

February gold lost $4.10, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,812.40 an ounce after trading as high as $1,822.40.

Forex: Yield two-year best

On Tuesday, one US dollar equals $1.25 of the Canadian dollar, $0.88 of the euro, and $0.74 of the Pound sterling.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury went up to 1.827%, its highest level in two years.

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Adobe Systems Inc (Extended Hours)
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0.65 +0.110%
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices Inc (Extended Hours)
129.05 USD
0.75 +0.590%
AMZN
Amazon.com Inc (Extended Hours)
146.33 USD
-0.23 -0.160%
AAPL
Apple Inc (Extended Hours)
193.98 USD
-0.09 -0.050%

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The main difference between CFD trading and trading assets, such as commodities and stocks, is that you don’t own the underlying asset when you trade on a CFD.
You can still benefit if the market moves in your favour, or make a loss if it moves against you. However, with traditional trading you enter a contract to exchange the legal ownership of the individual shares or the commodities for money, and you own this until you sell it again.
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