Collapse in oil prices continues, dragging US stocks lower

A woman wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 and New York Dow index at a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Asian shares skidded on Tuesday after U.S. oil futures plunged below zero as storage for crude runs close to full amid a worldwide glut as demand collapses due to the pandemic.

In the U.S., the cost for a barrel of oil to be delivered in June plunged 43% to $11.57. That’s the part of the market that U.S. oil traders are focused on and trading most actively. For oil to be delivered next month, which is when storage tanks could top out, the cost of a barrel stood at $10.01. A day earlier, it fell below zero for the first time, meaning traders paid others to take the oil off their hands to get rid of the headache of finding someplace to store it.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 606 points, or 2.6%, to 23,047, and the Nasdaq was down 3.2% The losses were widespread, and all 11 sectors that make up the S&P 500 were down. Rising optimism among some investors that parts of the economy could reopen as infections level off have helped stocks rally recently, and the S&P 500 is up more than 20% since hitting a low in late March. The rally got its start after the Federal Reserve and Congress promised massive amounts of aid for the economy.

Prediction on oil prices over the next two years are going on up wards from $58 USD a barrel to $62.50 a barrel what' the current issue?

Trump's gaslighting of America is getting cheaper by the day.

They've had remarkable growth in revenue for the last couple of years, and a huge tax cut. Surely these companies have a solid balance sheet and can withstand an emergency disruption in profits without requiring government welfare to survive! With capitalism failure is bankrupt

Yes! Finally!

Since the stock market is not based on reality, by tomorrow it will peak to the highest ever in history.

No one is facing up to the scale of the demand crash. We normally produce 80-million+ barrels a day, and half the world (the rich half, mostly) is under lockdown. Do we need 3/4 of the oil we did? 1/2? 1/4? 20-million+, 40-million+ or 60-million+ barrels/day less?

The unstable genius screws up yet again. What a fraud Trump is...

'Start the printer'

Well, this is one way to solve global warming. 👽

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