Friday, July 18, 2014

Political Unrest and shares prices in US

A Malaysia Airline Flight 17- a Boeing 777 crashed in Ukraine border near Russia, on Thursday. Israel began a ground invasion into the Gaza strip. This caused  decline in US shares. Investors have lost the confidence after these political unrest.

The S&P 500 plunged 23.45 points or 1.18%, to 1,958.12,
The Nasdaq index dropped 62.52 points or 1.41% to 4,363.45.

Closing back below the symbolic threshold of 17,000, the Dow Jones index fell 161.39 points, or 0.94%, to 6,976.81

Earlier in the day of new US and European Union sanctions on Russia, such new has made impact in US share market.
Such uncertainty and tension, along with the Israel's invasion into Gaza, investors are attracted to invest in assets like gold and US treasury bonds. Gold futures jumped $17.10, or 1.3%, to $1,316.90 an ounce on strong demand.

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