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NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The corona pandemic also slowed share prices in the USA towards the middle of the week. The leading index Dow Jones Industrial (Dow Jones 30 Industrial), which had risen to a record high on Monday, lost 1.08 percent on Wednesday to 34,960.69 points, thus expanding the losses from the previous day. In the last few minutes of trading, prices came under increasing pressure.
“The number of cases in the USA continues to rise, the more complete data for the last few days still show no easing,” wrote economist Christoph Weil from Commerzbank. The 7-day incidence was last over 270 and thus almost four times as high as a month ago. Despite these numbers, the willingness to vaccinate has only increased slightly.
The market-wide S&P 500, which had also reached a record high at the beginning of the week, fell by 1.07 percent to 4400.27 counters. The technology-heavy NASDAQ 100 lost 0.97 percent to 14857.92 points./bek/he
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