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Global stock markets plummeted due to concerns over the new mutation of COVID-19, ‘Omicron’.
International oil prices also tumbled 13% on concerns over a decline in oil demand, breaking below the $70 per barrel level.
Reporter Kim Won-bae reports.
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The fear of ‘Omicron’, a new mutation of Corona 19 that is spreading mainly in southern Africa, has struck the global financial market.
All three major indices on the New York Stock Exchange closed down 2%.
The Dow closed at 34,899, down 905 points, or 2.53%.
This is the biggest decline since October 28 last year.
The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 index fell 106 points, or 2.27%, to 4,594.
This is the biggest decline since February 25.
The tech-focused Nasdaq fell 353 points, or 2.23%, to close at 15,491.
Stocks in major European countries were lower than those in New York.
The London stock market fell 3.64%, the Paris stock market fell 4.75% and the German stock market fell 4.15%.
Stocks sensitive to economic activity such as travel, aviation and energy plummeted.
International oil prices plummeted on concerns that oil demand would decrease due to Omicron, and the price of $70 per barrel collapsed.
West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in January next year closed at $10.24 a barrel and fell 13.06% at $68.15 a barrel.
This is the biggest decline since April 27 last year.
Brent crude for delivery in January next year also closed at $9.50 a barrel, down 11.55% and $72.72 a barrel.
This is YTN Kim Won-bae.
YTN Wonbae Kim (wbkim@ytn.co.kr)
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