Russia-Ukraine conflict: Nasdaq and Dow Jones collapse

The world stock markets are experiencing a black Thursday after Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and in the United States on Wall Street, the main indices fell by more than 1% during the first hours of trading.

And it is that Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian territory made the stock markets nervous, in the United States the indices not only opened lower, but also continue to operate with negative numbers, due to the nervousness that is generating the Russian military operation in Ukraine.

Fall in the Nasdaq

The main technological index, the Nasdaq loses -1.06%, until reaching the level of the 12,898.66 units, at the opening of operations this Thursday, came to register a drop of up to 3%.

With this drop, it reached more than 20% below its historical maximum level.

The Dow Jones with losses

While the Dow Jones, which brings together the shares of large industrial firms, recorded a loss of -2.09%, to be located in the 32,440.10 points.

S&P numbers 500

Meanwhile, the drop in the benchmark S&P index 500 is -1.47%, to be located in the 4, 163 .21 points.

The European and Asian stock markets also closed in the red. While the Latin American markets are operating with negative numbers in their main stock indices.

Russia’s attack on Ukraine

This is how Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack Ukrainian territory, the first bombings of which took place on Wednesday night, is affecting the stock market, and the repercussions economic and in the markets begins to be felt, not only in the United States, but worldwide.

“The war situation in Europe not seen since the Second World War, combined with a period of high inflation is an unknown environment for most investors”, declared Ben Laidler, strategist of the eToro investment platform, according to what was published by the newspaper El Economista.

And not only the stock markets are being affected, but also the price of oil, which exceeds $100 dollars per barrel.