Boeing, J&J Sink As US Stocks Retreat
Faizan Hashmi Published October 19, 2019 | 02:00 AM
New York, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Oct, 2019 ) :Fresh revelations about Boeing and Johnson & Johnson weighed on the Dow Friday as US stocks retreated following weak Chinese economic data.
Boeing sank 6.8 percent after new documents in an investigation of the 737 MAX suggested company pilots knew in 2016 of problems with a system blamed for two deadly crashes that have grounded the plane.
Johnson & Johnson tumbled 6.2 percent as the health giant undertook a recall of "a single" lot of baby powder due to trace levels of asbestos contamination. The announcement came with the company facing litigation over a number of products, including talcum powder.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.
0 percent to 26,770.20.
The broad-based S&P 500 fell 0.4 percent to 2,986.20, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index lost 0.8 percent to 8,089.54.
The drop came after China reported growth of just 6.0 percent in the third quarter, its slowest rate in nearly three decades, due in part to the hit from a lengthy trade war with the United States.
Offsetting these negatives have been revived hopes for Brexit after Britain reached a revised deal with the European Union over their terms of divorce.
However, "there is uncertainty embedded with the vote in Parliament," Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial, said of the upcoming vote on Brexit.
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