Stock
futures tumbled early Monday morning as investors braced for the economic
fallout from the spreading coronavirus, while a shocking all-out oil price war
added to the anxiety.
As
of 5:10 a.m. ET Monday, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average indicated
an opening drop of more than 1,300 points. The S&P 500 futures and
Nasdaq-100 futures also indicated significant losses at Monday’s open. The
sharp declines in the futures market signaled more turbulence ahead after a
roller-coaster week that saw the S&P 500 swing up or down more than 2.5%
for four days straight.
Amid
the market turmoil, investors continued to seek safer assets amid additional
fears that the coronavirus will disrupt global supply chains and tip the
economy into a recession. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note
dropped below 0.5%, the last trading at 0.479%.
Meanwhile,
the CME FedWatch tracker indicated traders expect the Federal Reserve to slash
interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point at its upcoming March
meeting. Chances for a 75 basis point cut had topped 80% Sunday evening,
compared with the 65% chance it had indicated on Friday. The FedWatch tool last
pointed to a 70.8% chance of a 75 basis point cut, while chances for a full
percentage point cut were at 29.2%.
Saudi
Arabia on Saturday slashed official crude selling prices for April, in a sudden
U-turn from previous attempts to support the oil market as the coronavirus
hammers global demand. The move came after OPEC talks collapsed Friday, prompting
some strategists to see oil prices crater to $20 this year.
“Crude has become a bigger problem for markets than the
coronavirus,” Adam Crisafulli, founder of Vital Knowledge, said Sunday. “It
will be virtually impossible for the [S&P 500] to sustainably bounce if
Brent continues to crater,” he added.
Investors
have already been on edge about the coronavirus outbreak that caused major
stock averages to tumble into correction territory. As of Sunday, global cases
of the infections have climbed to more than 109,000 with at least 3,801 deaths
around the world. The situation is also worsening in the U.S. with New York,
California and Oregon all declaring a state of emergency.
“The idea that lower gasoline prices are going to put more cash
in workers’ pockets and give consumer spending and the economy a boost doesn’t
seem to cushion the blow for stock market investors,” Chris Rupkey, MUFG Union
Bank’s chief financial economist, said in a note Sunday. “They want out. Big
time. The sky is falling. Get out, get out while you can. Wall Street’s woes
have to eventually hit Main Street’s economy hard.”
Gold,
another safe-haven asset, crossed $1,700 an ounce, hitting its highest level
since Dec. 2012. Meanwhile, copper prices hit a more than three-year low of $2.46.
Copper is seen as a barometer of broad economic demand given its applications
in electrical equipment and manufacturing.
The
Federal Reserve announced an emergency rate cut last week to combat the
economic impact from the virus, its first such move since the financial crisis.
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a sweeping spending bill of an $8.3
billion package to aid medical research. Wall Street expects more stimulus from
global central banks and governments to prevent a recession.
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