Wall Street slides as focus shifts to earnings | Malay Mail

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Earnings for S&P 500 firms are expected to tumble 10.2 per cent in the first quarter, compared with a January 1 forecast of a 6.3 per cent rise, before plummeting 22.4 per cent in the second quarter as sweeping lockdowns halt business activity and spark furloughs. Volume was lighter than usual with European and other markets still closed following Easter Sunday, but investors “also are facing another phase for the market, and that is the earnings season,” said Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial in Newark, New Jersey.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said yesterday he believed “the worst is over” as hospitalizations appeared to be reaching a plateau in the worst-hit US state, adding that he would announce a coordinated plan on reopening businesses.

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Wall Street tumbles as investors brace for dour earnings | Malay MailNEW YORK, April 13 — Wall Street’s main indexes slipped today as corporate America launches into what is expected to be a painful quarterly earnings season due to the coronavirus pandemic. JPMorgan Chase & Co and Wells Fargo & Co will kick off the reporting season on Tuesday, with...
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