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Uber (UBER) stock price is at $23.54 which is a 10.29% decline since trading started. Lyft (LYFT) stock price is at $25.29. This is an 12.82% decline since trading hours began as well.Uber Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: UBER) and Lyft Inc (NASDAQ: LYFT) stock prices have fallen. Sources say that this is due to COVID-19 fears. The main fears have to do with people sharing car rides with absolute strangers. Those fears are said to be part of the general panic sweeping through the world at the...

European stocks have crashed after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a ban on travel from several countries in Europe. Travel volume has also plunged.As the coronavirus continues to spread, several countries are increasing the measures they are taking to curb the infection. Many parts of China, where the virus first originated, are still on lockdown. Italy, which currently has the second-highest number of infections, has also imposed restrictions on several parts of the country. Confirmed...

Dow futures drop 1100 points because Donald Trump didn’t manage to convince investors that coronavirus is not as dangerous as they feel. Market goes red again.People on the market keep panicking despite the U.S. president Donald Trump‘s speech. Dow continues the fall after investors didn’t believe that the situation is under control.The Dow industrial index looks scary because its 11 years-long bull market has ended with a two months bear market. It already took approx. 20% of all the gains...

The Dow Jones opened with a fall amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Saudi Arabian and Russians continue with their supremacy battle on the crude oil price.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) opened on Wednesday with a 2.40% fall as hopes of quick stimulus by the government due to the coronavirus faded. This only indicated high volatility in the future of the stock market as uncertainty caused by the increase in coronavirus cases continue spreading all over the U.S.All other major indexes...

Tuesday’s rally did not last long. Early on Wednesday, U.S. stock futures, including Dow, fell sharply. Tech stocks have also suffered.After the coronavirus outbreak, the market has become as volatile as never before. Yesterday, it rebounded after the crash on Monday, but it was not out of the woods yet. Today, U.S. stock futures dropped sharply, suggesting more volatility when trading began Wednesday, following two roller-coaster days on Wall Street. Dow Futures slide 700 points, rolling...

The U.S. Treasury yields increase volatility caused by coronavirus panic as the number of confirmed cases in the country is growing.The coronavirus outbreak in the United States has now reached a red alert level after surpassing 1,000 cases and over 30 deaths. As a result, it has affected the treasury yields which is the return on investment on the government’s debt obligation. However, the United States government debt prices rose on Wednesday, after investors had hoped on imminent fiscal...

European stocks fell sharply on Friday. On Wall Street, equities sank as well with the Dow Jones industrial average falling by 250 points. The coronavirus is spreading.Even though coronavirus came from Wuhan, Hubei – a China province, it seems that the country finally made its way on reducing the number of infected people. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) reported a significantly reduced number of COVID-19 cases with 99 new confirmed in the past twenty-four hours. This is, however,...

At 7.30 p.m. EST, the U.S. stock market indexes were up, and futures started soaring. By the moment of writing, Dow futures have already gained around 400 points. Wednesday began with U.S. stock futures climbing in the early morning following Super Tuesday election results. Dow futures soared by 371 points at the open, S&P 500 futures climbed 1.4%, and Nasdaq futures were up 1.5%.Notably, yesterday, the stock futures market was in a downturn. It closed with the Dow Jones futures lower by...

Without a doubt, investors should brace themselves for more declines in Microsoft (MSFT) stock as the coronavirus rages on. But for investors with a longer-term view holding on to this software giant should prove to be a smart move.Stocks on Wall Street traded higher in the premarket on Tuesday following a report that a drug made by American company Gilead Sciences will soon start trials on patients infected with the coronavirus. Last night, the Dow Jones recorded its largest daily point...

Robinhood online brokerage app crumbled on March 2 when the Dow Jones gained its most single-day points, leaving investors frustrated unable to take advantage of the market recovery.After the stock markets imploded last week due to the fears of the coronavirus spread, traders were ready on March 2 to cut some of those losses. However, that was not meant to be for all Robinhood investors. Robinhood, the brokerage platform, suffered a prolonged outage and was offline for a whole U.S. trading...