Economy
Related: About this forumMarkets down.
S.&?P. 5000.81%
DOW1.01%
NASDAQ1.03%
https://www.nytimes.com/section/business?WT.nav=bottom-well&action=click&hpw&module=well-region&pgtype=Homepage®ion=bottom-well&rref
Warpy
(111,383 posts)over the last two days. NK's successful thermonuclear blast has rattled them, along with knowing what a belligerent horror occupies the White House.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Warpy
(111,383 posts)but even that wouldn't influence world markets to the tune of over a percent loss.
NK has them panicky. They just don't seem to realize if it all blows up, there will be nowhere to hide and their money will be worthless.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)but I ask if the hurricanes could have anything to do with it also?
Warpy
(111,383 posts)As for the market, think of those faked Disney films of lemmings running over a cliff. That's basically the stock market, right there.
ENERGIZED: Gains in crude prices helped lift shares in oil producers and other energy industry companies. Helmerich & Payne gained 82 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $43.84. Halliburton rose 73 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $39.63.
ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude gained $1.40, or 3 percent, to $48.69 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose $1.01, or 1.9 percent, to $53.35 a barrel in London.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/09/05/world/asia/ap-financial-markets.html?
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