U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday night, pursuing a losing week connected Wall Street amid worries astir Fed argumentation and the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.76% slid astir 250 points, oregon 0.7%, arsenic of 11:45 p.m. Eastern connected Sunday. S&P 500 futures ES00, -0.92% were down 0.9%, oregon 40 points, portion Nasdaq-100 futures NQ00, -1.01% slid 1%, oregon 155 points. Oil prices besides sank, with front-month West Texas intermediate crude CL.1, -2.95% falling astir $2 a tube Sunday night, and Brent crude BRN00, -2.77%, the planetary benchmark, likewise off.
The Dow DJIA, -1.48% dropped much than 500 points, oregon 1.5%, connected Friday, and the S&P 500 SPX, -1.03% and Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.07% pursuing it lower. For the week, the Dow mislaid 1.7%, the S&P 500 dropped 1.9% and the Nasdaq tumbled 3%.
Last week’s losses came arsenic investors weighed the U.S. Federal Reserve’s hawkish pivot, speeding up its simplification of monthly enslaved purchases and predicting 3 interest-rate hikes adjacent year.
On Sunday, President Joe Biden’s signature $2 trillion spending program appeared doomed arsenic Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said helium cannot enactment it — perchance handing Biden and Democrats a large governmental loss.
Meanwhile, caller COVID-19 cases are increasing sharply successful galore parts of the world, fueled by the accelerated dispersed of omicron. Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that helium expects grounds cases of COVID-19 this winter, and urged radical to get vaccinated and get boosters.
Wall Street has a shortened week coming up, with markets closed Friday for the Christmas holiday.
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