Iran Press/America: “Markets are crying out for a coordinated response to COVID-19 headwinds and a lack of concrete U.S. policy action is rattling markets,” Tapas Strickland, director of economics at National Australia Bank in Sydney said in a report.
According to Reuters, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan.MIAPJ0000PUS dropped 0.27% in early trade while Nikkei futures NIYcm1 suggest a 0.5% fall in Japanese shares .N225. Australia's benchmark was down by 2.8%.
U.S. S&P500 futures ESc1 recouped a small part of big losses the previous day, gaining 0.4% in early Thursday trade.
On Wednesday, the S&P 500.SPX lost 4.89% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average. DJI fell 5.86% to extend its fall from a record peak hit a month ago to more than 20%.
European shares closed at a 14-month low even after Britain announced a $39 billion war chest to soften the impact of the coronavirus.
The FTSE 100.FTSE closed down 1.6%, extending a slump into a fifth day, as investors doubted whether the stimulus and the rate cut would be enough to counter the shock from the coronavirus outbreak.
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