US stock exchanges collapse by almost 10%

Leading US stock indices yesterday showed a record collapse, which became the second worst in the entire history of observations. It is surpassed only by "black Monday ", this was not observed even during the Great depression, experts say. By the end of the day, Dow Jones lost almost 10% (9.99), S&P 500 - 9.51%, NASDAQ - 9.43%. Indices opened on Thursday with a 7% decline, due to which trading were suspended for 10 minutes. Investors reacted negatively Donald Trump's decision to close US borders for 30 days European countries due to the situation with the coronavirus. Limitation begins to operate from today. After the end of the break on trading floors, indices continued to fall. Statement by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that it increases the limits on repo transactions to $ 500 billion, managed contain some negative dynamics - in the middle of the day it slowed down almost twice, but after a few hours the rapid decline has resumed.