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发帖数: 5093 | 1 U.S. stock indexes on Wednesday opened sharply lower on the first trading
day of 2019, amid mounting concerns about a slowdown in China's economy,
which could ripple internationally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -
1.55% declined 354 points, or 1.5%, at 22,972, the S&P 500 index SPX, -1.39%
retreated 1.4% at 2,472, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -1.47% fell
1.6% at 6,526. The China Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers index
fell to 49.7 in December, marking the first time the sector has been in
contraction territory since May 2017. A reading below 50 signals worsening
conditions. The retrenchment in the world's second-largest economy comes as
Beijing and Washington remain locked in a protracted dispute on tariffs that
threatens to unhinge global economies. |
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