In Friday's trading, the three major US stock indexes all closed down more than 1%. Among them, the Dow recorded its biggest weekly decline since the Bank of Silicon Valley went out of business, while the S&P 500 experienced its worst week in nearly five months. Among technology stocks, Apple rose against the market, with weekly gains of more than 4%, while the chip stock index plummeted by more than 3%, and Intel and AMD declined by more than 5% and 4%, respectively. Furthermore, J.P. Morgan Chase plummeted 6.5% after the earnings report was released, the biggest one-day decline in nearly four years.
Although the Pan-European stock index rebounded on Friday, it still closed down for two consecutive weeks, while the oil and gas sector bucked the trend and rose 2.5% to a new high since 2008. In the bond market, due to the escalation of geopolitical risks in the Middle East, the yield on US 10-year Treasury bonds fell 10 basis points from a nearly five-month high. Meanwhile, the dollar index hit a new five-month high, while the yen hit a new low since 1990 for three consecutive days.
The crude oil market rebounded against the backdrop of a tense situation in the Middle East, although it continued to decline throughout the week. U.S. crude oil prices once surged more than 3% in the intraday period, hitting a new high in nearly half a year, but then fell back. Gold fell sharply after successive intraday record highs. At one point, it fell 4% from its high level. In the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin also experienced a wave of sharp fluctuations. At one point, it plummeted by more than $6,000 and fell below the $66,000 mark.
The Chinese market was also under pressure during the US stock period. The China Securities Index plummeted 4.6%. Among them, Xiaopeng Motor and NIO Auto plummeted by nearly 10% and 8%, respectively. The offshore renminbi also fell sharply in the intraday period, approaching 7...