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Equity Alert: US indices dn for 5th week Fri as West Asia war continues

 

MUMBAI--0747 IST--Pressure mounted on the Wall Street as all the major indices ended sharply lower Friday. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average entered the correction zone as it declined more than 10% from its peak. Meanwhile, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite had entered the correction zone Thursday and remained so during Friday's session. Shares of all the Magnificent Seven stocks fell Friday with those of Meta and Amazon down over 4?ch.

 

All the three major indices in the US ended lower for the fifth straight week on Friday. Sentiment was weak due to continued hostilities between the US and Iran and high Brent crude oil prices. Crude was hovering around $115 per barrel, up 2.5% from Friday. US futures declined after crude oil futures rose more from last week. At 0742 IST, the E-Mini Dow futures of June was down 0.5%.

 

Yemen's Houthis joined the offensive in West Asia by striking a missile against Israel. The US President Donald Trump said the Pentagon may be planning ground operations in Iran, according to reports. Trump may be considering an operation to extract 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported.

 

Consumer sentiment report by the University of Michigan came in below the Street's expectations. Consumer Sentiment Index fell to its lowest level since December to 53.3 in March from 56.6 in February. Analysts had pencilled in the March figure to be at 54. Further, expectations for inflation over the next 12 months rose to 3.8% in March from 3.4% in February.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Friday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6368.85	(-)1.67
NASDAQ Composite	20948.357	(-)2.15
Dow Jones Industrial Average	45166.64	(-)1.73

 

(Ruchira Kagita)

 

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US$1 = INR 94.81

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

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