Nasdaq plunges in the US stock market… Morning briefing for the 4/7 rehabilitation campaign starting today

◆ New York Stock market down due to anxiety in technology stocks… NASDAQ 2%↓

The leading index of the New York Stock Exchange fell along with it. On the 24th of the local time, the Dow Jones Index fell by 0.01% from the battlefield to 31,2420.06, and the S&P 500 index closed at 3889.14, down 0.55%. The technology stock-oriented NASDAQ index plunged 2.01% to 12,961.89. At the beginning of the market, the economic cycle was bullish due to expectations of economic recovery, but the weakness in technology stocks led to a decline in the overall market, with Tesla stock falling 4.8% and Apple 2%.

◆ International oil prices’rebound’ due to the blockage of the Suez Canal

International oil prices rebounded sharply on the 24th of local time. West Texas crude (WTI) for May delivery closed at $61.18 a barrel, up 5.9% from the previous day. It moved back to the $60 per barrel level, almost making up for the previous day’s decline ($3.80). This is because the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, was blocked due to the aground accident on the Suez Canal in Egypt. However, this accident is not expected to have a lasting impact on international oil prices.

◆’Corona 3rd pandemic’ extends and strengthens European blockade again

At the signs of the third corona19 epidemic, European countries have again extended and strengthened the blockade. On the 24th local time, the Netherlands extended the blockade by three weeks, and Norway also postponed the announcement of the blockade mitigation plan scheduled for the end of this month. Belgium also announced on the same day that it would tighten the blockade for four weeks, and Iceland also imposed a ban on meetings exceeding 10 people for three weeks. France has said it is considering the application of three additional regions of the movement restrictions in the previous 16 states. In addition, it is known that the UK is considering a plan to restrict entry from France and Germany is considering a temporary ban on travel to popular resorts abroad.

◆ Seoul/Busan mayoral election’official campaign’ begins

The official election campaign for the 4·7 re-election begins today (25th). Candidate Park Young-seon and Democratic Party Mayor Oh Se-hoon and People’s Strength candidate Oh Se-hoon, the first day of the campaign, went to a full-fledged campaign to visit convenience stores and subway car bases at 0:00 am on the 25th. The ruling and opposition leaders also mobilized to Seoul and Busan for a campaign. Candidate Youngseon Park will hold a campaign in front of Times Square in Yeongdeungpo-gu with a’healing camp’, while Candidate Sehun Oh will hold a joint campaign in front of the city hall station with Ahn Cheol-soo, the representative of the National Assembly Party, who was a rival for the unification of opposition. Democratic Party candidate Kim Young-chun and People’s Strength candidate Park Hyung-joon are also planning to announce their vision and pledges for Busan city policy, respectively.

◆ Sunny spring weather at around 20 degrees Celsius

Today, Thursday, we will show a sunny spring weather with a maximum temperature of 15 to 22 degrees Celsius, with the whole country being generally sunny and cozy. In the morning and in the morning, the temperature stays below zero in some areas, so the daily temperature difference rises above 15 degrees, so you need to take care of your health. There will be thick fog on the central west coast and west coast until morning. The concentration of fine dust has been predicted to be’normal’ in all areas, but the metropolitan area and Chungnam may temporarily become’bad’ at night.

This was Hankyung.com reporter Kim Bong-gu.

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