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Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s change of tone from confusing claims about threats to his country to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.S. stocks suffered significant declines in early trading on Feb. 24.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.78%
fell 743 points (or 2.2%) in the first minutes of trading. The Dow was down 12.4% from its all-time intraday high set on Jan. 5. A list of price changes for all 30 Dow components is below. -
The S&P 500
SPX,
-1.12%
slipped 2.2% and was down 14.2% from its intraday high on Jan. 4. -
The Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP,
-0.38%
fell 2.6% and was down 21.6% from its intraday high on Nov 22. -
The Nasdaq-100 Index
NDX,
-0.34%
was off 2.3% and down 21.3% from its intraday high on Nov. 22. -
The price of West Texas crude oil front-month contracts
CL.1,
+5.69%
rose 6.4% to $97.99 a barrel.
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Worst S&P 500 performers
In the first minutes of trading, 93% of the S&P 500 were down, with 71 stocks having fallen 4% or more. Here are the 20 stocks in the benchmark index showing the biggest declines early in the trading session:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Feb. 24 | Price change – 2022 | Decline from 52-week high | Date of 52-week intraday high |
| EPAM Systems Inc. | EPAM | -16.3% | -47.6% | -51.8% | 11/05/2021 |
| NetApp Inc. |
NTAP, |
-12.0% | -19.6% | -23.6% | 01/14/2022 |
| Booking Holdings Inc. |
BKNG, |
-11.5% | -8.9% | -19.5% | 02/16/2022 |
| Discovery Inc. Class A |
DISCA, |
-9.8% | 8.1% | -67.4% | 03/19/2021 |
| Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. |
NCLH, |
-8.3% | -14.7% | -48.7% | 03/04/2021 |
| Ebay Inc. |
EBAY, |
-8.2% | -24.7% | -38.3% | 10/22/2021 |
| Expedia Group Inc. |
EXPE, |
-7.2% | 2.0% | -15.4% | 02/16/2022 |
| Bath & Body Works Inc. |
BBWI, |
-6.8% | -32.8% | -42.8% | 11/18/2021 |
| Carnival Corp. |
CCL, |
-6.8% | -6.4% | -40.2% | 06/08/2021 |
| United Airlines Holdings Inc. |
UAL, |
-6.5% | -6.4% | -35.7% | 03/18/2021 |
| Arista Networks Inc. |
ANET, |
-6.5% | -23.1% | -25.6% | 12/27/2021 |
| Albemarle Corp. |
ALB, |
-6.3% | -27.1% | -41.5% | 11/22/2021 |
| American Airlines Group Inc. |
AAL, |
-6.2% | -13.1% | -40.2% | 03/18/2021 |
| Alaska Air Group Inc. |
ALK, |
-5.9% | 0.8% | -29.3% | 04/07/2021 |
| Delta Air Lines Inc. |
DAL, |
-5.9% | -3.3% | -27.7% | 03/15/2021 |
| SVB Financial Group |
SIVB, |
-5.9% | -18.8% | -27.8% | 11/16/2021 |
| Signature Bank |
SBNY, |
-5.9% | -3.5% | -16.7% | 01/18/2022 |
| Ford Motor Co. |
F, |
-5.5% | -22.9% | -38.1% | 01/13/2022 |
| Zions BanCorp. N.A. |
ZION, |
-5.5% | 4.3% | -12.7% | 02/10/2022 |
| Royal Caribbean Group |
RCL, |
-5.4% | -1.5% | -23.7% | 02/25/2021 |
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Nasdaq-100
The Nasdaq-100 Index includes the 100 largest stocks in the full Nasdaq Composite Index, excluding those in the financial sector. Here are the 10 worst performers among the Nasdaq-100 in the first few minutes of trading on Feb. 24:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Feb. 24 | Price change – 2022 | Decline from 52-week high | Date of 52-week intraday high |
| Booking Holdings Inc. |
BKNG, |
-11.1% | -8.5% | -19.1% | 02/16/2022 |
| Ebay Inc. |
EBAY, |
-8.7% | -25.0% | -38.6% | 10/22/2021 |
| Tesla Inc. |
TSLA, |
-6.6% | -32.5% | -42.6% | 11/04/2021 |
| Pinduoduo Inc. ADR Class A |
PDD, |
-5.8% | -16.3% | -74.1% | 02/23/2021 |
| DocuSign Inc. |
DOCU, |
-5.1% | -33.7% | -67.9% | 08/10/2021 |
| Airbnb Inc. Class A |
ABNB, |
-4.9% | -14.3% | -33.8% | 03/16/2021 |
| Ansys Inc. |
ANSS, |
-4.8% | -29.5% | -31.7% | 11/05/2021 |
| Lucid Group Inc. |
LCID, |
-4.5% | -39.9% | -60.4% | 11/17/2021 |
| PayPal Holdings Inc. |
PYPL, |
-4.5% | -49.0% | -69.0% | 07/26/2021 |
| Microchip Technology Inc. |
MCHP, |
-4.2% | -22.6% | -25.2% | 12/28/2021 |
| Source: FactSet | |||||
The Dow
All 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average performed were down in the first minutes of trading on Feb. 24:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Feb. 24 | Price change – 2022 | Decline from 52-week high | Date of 52-week intraday high |
| American Express Co. | AXP | -4.7% | 10.1% | -9.7% | 02/16/2022 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
JPM, |
-4.5% | -10.3% | -17.9% | 10/25/2021 |
| Boeing Co. |
BA, |
-4.0% | -6.3% | -32.3% | 03/15/2021 |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
GS, |
-3.8% | -14.2% | -23.0% | 11/02/2021 |
| Apple Inc. |
AAPL, |
-3.6% | -13.1% | -15.6% | 01/04/2022 |
| Visa Inc. Class A |
V, |
-3.4% | -3.8% | -17.5% | 07/27/2021 |
| Dow Inc. |
DOW, |
-3.3% | 2.2% | -18.8% | 05/18/2021 |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
CAT, |
-3.1% | -12.5% | -26.7% | 06/04/2021 |
| Travelers Cos. Inc. |
TRV, |
-3.1% | 5.4% | -5.5% | 02/10/2022 |
| Walt Disney Co. |
DIS, |
-2.7% | -8.4% | -30.1% | 03/08/2021 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
UNH, |
-2.6% | -10.9% | -12.1% | 12/30/2021 |
| Coca-Cola Co. |
KO, |
-2.4% | 1.5% | -4.3% | 02/18/2022 |
| International Business Machines Corp. |
IBM, |
-2.4% | -10.8% | -18.3% | 06/10/2021 |
| Nike Inc. Class B |
NKE, |
-2.2% | -19.7% | -25.3% | 11/05/2021 |
| 3M Co. |
MMM, |
-2.2% | -20.5% | -32.4% | 05/10/2021 |
| Honeywell International Inc. |
HON, |
-2.1% | -16.0% | -26.1% | 08/02/2021 |
| McDonald’s Corp. |
MCD, |
-2.0% | -9.4% | -10.5% | 01/04/2022 |
| Intel Corp. |
INTC, |
-1.9% | -15.0% | -36.1% | 04/12/2021 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. |
WBA, |
-1.9% | -14.5% | -21.9% | 04/06/2021 |
| Microsoft Corp. |
MSFT, |
-1.8% | -18.2% | -21.3% | 11/22/2021 |
| Cisco Systems Inc. |
CSCO, |
-1.8% | -15.6% | -16.8% | 12/29/2021 |
| Home Depot Inc. |
HD, |
-1.5% | -26.8% | -27.7% | 12/06/2021 |
| Johnson & Johnson |
JNJ, |
-1.4% | -7.0% | -11.6% | 08/20/2021 |
| Merck & Co. Inc. |
MRK, |
-1.4% | -2.4% | -18.2% | 11/04/2021 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. |
VZ, |
-1.2% | 1.5% | -11.9% | 05/10/2021 |
| Amgen Inc. |
AMGN, |
-1.2% | -3.0% | -16.4% | 04/21/2021 |
| Procter & Gamble Co. |
PG, |
-1.1% | -5.7% | -6.7% | 01/21/2022 |
| Walmart Inc. |
WMT, |
-0.6% | -7.2% | -12.0% | 08/18/2021 |
| Chevron Corp. |
CVX, |
-0.3% | 15.2% | -3.1% | 02/11/2022 |
| Salesforce.com Inc. |
CRM, |
-0.2% | -25.1% | -39.0% | 11/09/2021 |
| Source: FactSetv | |||||
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