• MTS Futures News_AM_20190917

    17 Sep 2019 | SET News

· Energy stocks spiked while most of Wall Street fell on Monday after weekend attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities added to investors’ concerns about geopolitical risk and a stumbling global economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 0.52% to end at 27,076.82 points, while the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.31% to 2,997.96.

The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 0.28% to 8,153.54

· European stocks closed lower Monday as investors digested an escalation of tensions in the Middle East following an attack on Saudi oil production.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed provisionally about 0.4% lower. Household goods fell over 1% to lead losses while oil and gas stocks surged 3% as crude prices soared following the oil attack in Saudi Arabia.

· Asia markets declined in early trade on Tuesday following overnight losses on Wall Street.

In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 was fractionally lower while the Topix index was higher by 0.13%. South Korea’s Kospi index fell 0.11%.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.3% as most sectors traded lower. But the energy subindex added 0.59% as energy names in the country gained.

Oil remains in focus after prices surged in the previous session. West Texas Intermediate futures gained more than 14%, notching its biggest one-day gain since 2008. International benchmark Brent also jumped more than 14% for the session.


Reference: Reuters, CNBC

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