Global Market: Biggest fall in US since October, DOW FUTURES and recovery in Asia

The US markets saw the biggest fall since October. Dow Jones slipped by 700 points but today DOW FUTURES is seeing a good recovery from the lower levels and it has jumped around 150 points. Asia too has recovered after a weak start. However, slight weakness is being seen in SGX NIFTY.

Signals from overseas market

The Dow saw a decline of 726 points and it slipped below 34000. This was the biggest drop in the Dow since October 2020. Nasdaq has also slipped more than 150 points. On the other hand, the S&P 500 lost more than 1.5%. Travel, hotel and energy stocks were the biggest losers. Here, due to the increase in new cases of Delta variant, concern has increased in the US market. The 10-year US bond yield has hovered near 1.2 per cent.

Crude oil softening

At the same time, crude oil has seen a decline of 7% and Brent has reached near $69. In fact, pressure on crude remains due to OPEC’s decision to increase production. On the other hand, due to the increase in new cases of the Covid, there is a possibility of a decrease in demand.

Asian market

Here today, trading is being seen with pressure in the Asian markets. SGX NIFTY is trading lower by 13.00 points. At the same time, Nikkei is seeing a decline of 0.32 percent around 27,564.52. Straits Times is seeing a decline of 1.30 percent. At the same time, the Taiwanese market is trading at a level of 17,632.40, down 0.88 percent. Whereas Hang Seng is down 0.65 percent at the level of 27,311.12. At the same time, there is a decline of 0.33 percent in Kospi. The Shanghai Composite is showing a pressure of 1.17 per cent.