Market Talk Roundup: Coronavirus Hits Stocks, Oil; McDonald's Suspends Some China Operations
24 Gennaio 2020 - 6:01PM
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1554 GMT - U.S. stocks turn negative after the CDC confirms the
second US case of a deadly coronavirus that originated in China.
The Dow falls 7 points to 29153 and the S&P 500 declines 0.2%
to 3317. Energy companies slide with oil prices on demand worries
and the health-care sector is a big decliner as well. Investors are
seeking haven assets--gold gains 0.4%, the 10-year Treasury yields
falls below 1.70% for the first time since early November and the
dollar is at its strongest vs euro since November.
(jonathan.vuocolo@wsj.com; @jonvuocolo)
1549 GMT - McDonald's joins a growing list of companies
suspending some operations in China amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The fast-food giant temporarily closes all restaurants in Wuhan,
Ezhou, Huanggang, Qianjiang and Xiantao while health officials
grapple with the virus. McDonald's was already requiring its
workers in the country to wear masks and have their temperatures
taken. Disney earlier said it was temporarily closing its
Disneyland and Disneytown parks in Shanghai. McDonald's shares slip
0.2%. (colin.kellaher@wsj.com)
1313 GMT - Brent crude oil is down 0.4% at $61.77 a barrel and
WTI futures are down 0.3% at $55.44 a barrel with the benchmarks on
course to close out the week with losses of 4.6% and 5.3% amid an
intensifying coronavirus outbreak. "Oil's beating continues as the
lockdown situation keeps getting worse in China," Oanda's Edward
Moya says. "Travel bans during the Lunar New Year holiday period
are much worse than what the impact would be if the U.S. had bans
during Thanksgiving and Christmas," he says. Russian media reports
of a possible OPEC+ cut deal extension are having little impact on
prices, Moya says, although OPEC's Mohammad Barkindo said Thursday
such talk was premature, Reuters reports. (david.hodari@wsj.com;
@davidhodari)
1026 GMT - Remy Cointreau could potentially take a "significant"
hit from the coronavirus given the drinks maker's high exposure to
China, CFO Luca Marotta says in a conference call following 3Q
sales reporting. Under this scenario, the impact would translate to
a "potential slowdown in the coming months," Marotta says. Remy
Cointreau also suspended its guidance, citing a change in
leadership and a new strategy in the works, but Marotta says the
risk posed by the coronavirus also contributed to the company's
decision not to back its existing goals. Remy Cointreau shares
trade 8.8% lower at EUR102.10. (cristina.roca@dowjones.com)
0905 GMT - Copper prices are heading for biggest one-week fall
in more than five months, as the spread of coronavirus raises
worries that it will stifle activity in China's economy and hurt
demand for industrial metals. Three-month copper futures are down
0.2% at $6,014 a metric ton, putting them on course to lose 2.1%
for the week as a whole, which would mark their biggest weekly
decline since early August. "China is the world's largest metal
consumer and any slowdown in industrial activity could start to
weigh on metals demand," says Wenyu Yao, a metals analyst at ING.
Still, she expects base-metal markets to be quiet next week because
the Shanghai Futures Exchange is closed for Lunar New Year.
(joe.wallace@wsj.com)
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 24, 2020 11:46 ET (16:46 GMT)
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