The US markets ended lower on Tuesday, extending the pullback seen in the previous session, as high-flying technology shares gave up ground, and a historic collapse in oil prices eroded the bullish mood on markets. A historic slump in oil prices weighed on sentiment as investors worried that plunging demand for the commodity would dent a key sector for US employment and investment and signal a deeply depressed global economy. Lingering concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic also generated some negative sentiment, with President Donald Trump revealing plans to suspend immigration in the US as a result of the outbreak.
On the economic data front, after reporting a significant increase in US existing home sales in the previous month, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released a report showing existing home sales pulled back sharply in the month of March. NAR said existing home sales plunged by 8.5 percent to an annual rate of 5.27 million in March after spiking by 6.3 percent to a revised of 5.76 million in February. Street had expected existing home sales to plummet 8.1 percent to a rate of 5.30 million from the 5.77 million originally reported for the previous month.
Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 631.56 points or 2.67 percent to 23,018.88, Nasdaq fell 297.5 points 3.48 percent to 8,263.23 and S&P 500 was down by 86.6 points or 3.07 percent to 2,736.56.
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