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The news hit the markets like a bucket of cold water: Donald Trump and his wife Melania tested positive for Covid-19.
This news, that automatically raises levels of uncertainty in a country where political uncertainty was already on the rise in the middle of the presidential race, it has the largest stock markets in the world in a state of turmoil.
As futures predicted a few hours ago, Wall Street started the day on the wrong foot. Less than an hour from the opening of the transactions, the Nasdaq leads losses, down 1.45%. For his part, S&P 500 yields 0.93% and the Dow Jones falls 0.85% at this time.
Europe echoes concerns with cross-cutting declines. The EuroStoxx 50, which groups the largest companies in the euro zone, loses 0.58% of its value at this time, while the individual market that leads the falls is Germany, with a contraction of 0.74% in the DAX .
For its part, the French CAC dropped 0.48%, the English FTSE 100 fell 0.27% and the Spanish Ibex is down 0.25% at this time.
Added to the Trump factor is a new wave of concern in Europe about the outbreaks of coronavirus after the cry was raised in the sky in Paris, announcing that the French capital will enter the maximum alert of Covid-19 from Monday.
Chile is no exception to the norm, with the S&P IPSA trading at 3,618.98 points at this time, 0.45% below yesterday’s close.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei fell 0.67% today, while Chinese markets – in mainland China and Hong Kong – have been closed since the end of September due to the so-called Golden Week holidays.
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