U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones dropping around 400 points on Friday.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Health care shares fell by just 0.7% on Friday.
In trading on Friday, energy shares dipped by 6.5%.
Top Headline
The S&P Global services PMI climbed to 49.2 in September from 43.7 in the prior month, while manufacturing PMI rose to 51.8 in September from 51.5 in August.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 5.5% to $78.90, while gold traded down 1.7% at $ 1,652.50.
Silver traded down 3.6% to $18.92 on Friday while copper fell 3.9% to $3.3375.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 2.2%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 2.3% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 2.5%. The German DAX dropped 1.9%, French CAC 40 fell 2.4% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 3.1%.
The S&P Global Flash Eurozone services PMI declined to 48.9 in September from 49.8 in August, while manufacturing PMI slipped to 48.5 from 49.6. The S&P Global Flash Eurozone Composite PMI dropped to 48.2 in September from August’s reading of 48.9.
Economics
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COVID-19 Update
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 97,795,720 cases with around 1,080,830 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,558,420 cases and 528,440 deaths, while France reported over 35,050,130 COVID-19 cases with 154,850 deaths. In total, there were at least 619,319,370 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,537,030 deaths.
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