Fc,
Did u manage to buy some puts lately? Looks like ur waiting and patience is about to be rewarded
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I still say u should have bought puts instead of adding to positions.
If oil goes up tmmrow i think this will add presure on footsie! :cheesy: Footsie down 45 pts by noon and close lower.
Dow Plunges 166 As Oil Surges Past $60
Thursday June 23, 5:05 pm ET
By Michael J. Martinez, AP Business Writer
Dow Plunges 166, Nasdaq Drops 21 As Oil Prices Briefly Surge Past $60 a Barrel for First Time
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks plunged Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down 166 points as oil prices briefly moved past the psychologically important $60 per barrel level for the first time. Oil's advance accelerated a selloff prompted by poor earnings from FedEx Corp. -- which blamed high fuel prices for its disappointing profits.
FedEx's earnings missed Wall Street's expectations and raised new concerns about oil's impact on corporate profits. That led crude oil futures to creep higher through the day, breaking through the $60-per-barrel barrier. While purely psychological, that move was enough to send stocks tumbling.
A barrel of light crude settled at $59.42, up $1.33, on the New York Mercantile Exchange after peaking at $60.05, an intraday record.
"We always wondered what $60 a barrel oil would cost us, and now we know," said Jeff Kleintop, chief investment strategist for PNC Financial Services Group in Philadelphia. "On top of that, you've got news from FedEx, a transportation company, saying, 'Yeah, oil is hurting us.' That's got the market shaken up a bit."