Dow futures fall more than 400 points after Trump says he tested positive for coronavirus

[Algernon Moncrieff]

Source: CNN Business

Hong Kong (CNN Business)US stock futures plunged Friday after President Donald Trump said that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus.

Dow (INDU)futures were last down 439 points, or 1.6%. S&P 500 (SPX) futures were down 2% and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were down 1.8%.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/investing/global-stocks/index.html

[BootinUp]

1. Trump's stooges scare them i guess

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Pence. Yes, there is something to be afraid of. nt

[Frasier Balzov]

2. The stock market loves the guy.

When you get rid of consumer, environmental and worker protections, big business is a fan.

[Eugene]

3. make that 500 points

per MSNBC update

[TeamPooka]

4. This is not a crisis

[olddad65]

5. He is lying, as usual.

[Dopers_Greed]

6. It's not falling because the market likes Trump

The market hates uncertainty.

The President catching a deadly virus is just that.

[diverdownjt]

7. I'm surprised it didn't go up a few thousand points...

If the market hates uncertainty....this is a godsend.

[Lulu KC]

14. Exactly what I said to my husband n/t

[yaesu]

8. Wall street banksters don't want to lose the goose that laid their $7 trillion golden egg. nt

[Sherman A1]

9. Expected

It will be a lousy day on the markets.

[Illumination]

10. OH YEAH! Who has confidence in these 2 idiots running our White House, etc.?

[Bengus81]

12. Yet when 1.6 million new filings for unemployment came out the DOW was up 200-300 points per day

But Trump getting the bug tanks it?? Wall St. crooks fear their Golden Goose going away?

[orangecrush]

13. Tired of winning yet?

[lagomorph777]

15. ...and then shot up 300 points when Biden tested negative.

...which reveals what the market's real concern was.

[ck4829]

16. Kick