Oil stabilizes after yesterday’s sharp decline US and Asian stocks decline

US stocks continued to fall sharply, even setting record declines
They reached a 13-month low
The decline is due, among other things, to the complex situation in China
as well as in Ukraine. Bloomberg reported the latest stock market news

Evest follows market developments in the following report

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US stock decline

Asia in the Red Zone

Bitcoin declines

Oil stabilizes after yesterday’s sharp decline

US stock decline

The Dow Jones Index lost 1.99 percent points to 32245.70 points
The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declined by 3.2 percent to 3991.29 points
And The Maxim-Hopman index declined by 4.29 percent to 11,623.25 points

Well-known mega companies such as Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Tesla also reported losses

At the beginning of the new week, the selling continues in the stock markets
European stocks reached a two-month low

Investors are wondering if the US Federal Reserve will be able to raise
interest rates without pushing the economy into recession

Last Wednesday, the central bank announced a half-point rate hike to control inflation
which investors did not welcome

This is the highest rate hike level in more than two decades
since the last time the US central bank announced a half-point increase in 2000

COVID-19 infections in Shanghai are increasing again, causing further restrictions on movement and work
In the meantime, Beijing continues to experience limited lockdowns
and this exacerbates concerns about global economic growth

energy (-8.3%), real estate (-4.26%) and non-essential goods were the most vulnerable
while basic commodities were the only sector that closed in green, with an almost steady rise, 0.05%

Among Dow Jones companies, the loss of Boeing (-10.47%)
Chevron (-6.7%) and Visa (-4.84%) was the largest today

On the other hand, the 10-year US Treasury yield fell to 3.03%, gold fell to $1851.50 an ounce
and the dollar lost steam against the euro, trading at 1055

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Asia in the Red Zone

Most stock markets in Asia also fell on Monday
as higher interest rates and a slowing Chinese economy had a negative impact on investor sentiment
The decline in Asian markets was due to the US market closing lower on Friday, the fifth week in the US market

Japan’s main benchmark Nikkei lost 2.5 percent and South Korea’s stock market index lost 1.3 percent|
but China’s Shanghai Composite stock index improved by less than 0.1 percent

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, which returned to work after Monday’s holiday
fell by 2.83% on Tuesday afternoon
Stocks of Chinese technology companies listed in Hong Kong declined
with Tencent falling 3.67%, Alibaba falling by 5.87%, and NetEase declining by 4.39%
The technology index Hang Seng fell by 4.7%

Technology stocks among other mainland stocks also fell in Tuesday’s trading
largely reflecting losses after the Nasdaq Composite fell by 4.29% overnight to 11623.25 points

Japanese giant SoftBank Group stocks fell by 2.73%
South Korean Kakao lost 0.36%, while Krafton fell by 2.19%

Mainland China’s stocks deviated from the general trend and outperformed the region
The Shanghai Composite index recovered from previous losses and rose by 0.17%
while the Shenzhen component rose by 0.39%

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Bitcoin declines

The decline in stock markets has also had a negative impact on bitcoin
Bitcoin continued to fall last weekend, falling below $34,000, according to Coinbase

This cryptocurrency, the world’s largest in terms of market value
fell by 50 percent since its peak in November last year

This decline in the value of digital assets coincided with the decline in global stock markets as well

Cryptocurrencies are increasingly replicating the frequency of moves in global equity markets
as traditional investors trade in digital assets
Many institutional investors who buy cryptocurrencies consider them to be risky assets, similar to technology stocks
However, traditional investors often sell those assets they consider riskier
and move money to safer investments in times of uncertainty

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Oil stabilizes after yesterday’s sharp decline

Oil prices stabilized on Tuesday after steep losses a day earlier
neutralizing concern over oil demand due to supply concerns as talks on a European ban on Russian crude progressed

The North Sea Brent crude barrel for July delivery fell by 0.39% to $105.53
The price of U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in June fell about 0.27% to $102.80

On Monday, the two benchmark crude oil benchmarks fell more than 6%
due to concern that Chinese demand is slowing due to the current pandemic outbreak

According to analysts, China’s sweeping zero COVID policy raises concerns
about the demand outlook for the world’s second-largest economy
The marked decline in official sales prices for Asian customers in Saudi Arabia was clearly interpreted
by some market participants as a sign of weak oil demand

For its part, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reported on Monday
that there had been “progress” after a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on energy security
where Budapest blocked a proposed European Union embargo on Russian oil

French Minister of State for European Affairs Clement Bonn said on Tuesday
that a draft embargo could be agreed upon “within a week

“Landlocked countries are now being offered a transition period and longer financial assistance
to modernize their pipeline and refinery systems to be able to buy and process non-Russian oil,” said Tamas Varga

For a decision on the embargo, the draft must be adopted unanimously by the 27 Member States

“Once these difficulties are overcome and sanctions are applied
there will be a real shortage of Russian products across Europe and the world,” he said

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