MOSCOW, August 5 American stock indices began the week with a noticeable decline, according to trading data.
Thus, by 16:51 Moscow time, the Dow Jones industrial index fell by 2.37 percent to 38,795.35 points, the NASDAQ high-tech index fell by 3.82 percent to 16,135.01 points, and the S&P 500 broad market index fell by 2.9 percent to 5,191.67 points.
This is how investors react to the statistics released on August 2 — unemployment in the United States unexpectedly rose from 4.1 to 4.3 percent, while the indicator was expected to remain unchanged. In addition, nonfarm payrolls increased by only 114,000 instead of the expected 175,000, raising investor concerns about the possibility of a recession.
A similar situation is observed on stock markets around the world. The main indices of the Asia-Pacific region closed in the red, with the Japanese Nikkei 225 falling by 13.5 percent. The main index of the Istanbul Stock Exchange BIST 100 fell by almost seven percent, by midday the British FTSE 100 was losing 2.37 percent, the French CAC 40 — 2.41 percent, the German DAX — by 2.68 percent.
By 15:56 Moscow time, the Moscow Exchange index fell by 2.85 percent, to 2816.52 points. According to analysts, the situation for the domestic market is aggravated by the strengthening of the ruble against most key world currencies, but given the collapse of the largest global indices and oil prices, the losses of Russian stock indicators do not look too great. 