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,
-2.18%
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,
-1.61%
slipped 2.2% and was down 14.2% from its intraday high on Jan. 4.
The Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP,
-1.29%
fell 2.6% and was down 21.6% from its intraday high on Nov 22.
The Nasdaq-100 Index
NDX,
-1.25%
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,
+6.19%
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.
-12.0%
-19.6%
-23.6%
01/14/2022
Booking Holdings Inc.
-11.5%
-8.9%
-19.5%
02/16/2022
Discovery Inc. Class A
-9.8%
8.1%
-67.4%
03/19/2021
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
-8.3%
-14.7%
-48.7%
03/04/2021
Ebay Inc.
-8.2%
-24.7%
-38.3%
10/22/2021
Expedia Group Inc.
-7.2%
2.0%
-15.4%
02/16/2022
Bath & Body Works Inc.
-6.8%
-32.8%
-42.8%
11/18/2021
Carnival Corp.
-6.8%
-6.4%
-40.2%
06/08/2021
United Airlines Holdings Inc.
-6.5%
-6.4%
-35.7%
03/18/2021
Arista Networks Inc.
-6.5%
-23.1%
-25.6%
12/27/2021
Albemarle Corp.
-6.3%
-27.1%
-41.5%
11/22/2021
American Airlines Group Inc.
-6.2%
-13.1%
-40.2%
03/18/2021
Alaska Air Group Inc.
-5.9%
0.8%
-29.3%
04/07/2021
Delta Air Lines Inc.
-5.9%
-3.3%
-27.7%
03/15/2021
SVB Financial Group
-5.9%
-18.8%
-27.8%
11/16/2021
Signature Bank
-5.9%
-3.5%
-16.7%
01/18/2022
Ford Motor Co.
-5.5%
-22.9%
-38.1%
01/13/2022
Zions BanCorp. N.A.
-5.5%
4.3%
-12.7%
02/10/2022
Royal Caribbean Group
-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.
-11.1%
-8.5%
-19.1%
02/16/2022
Ebay Inc.
-8.7%
-25.0%
-38.6%
10/22/2021
Tesla Inc.
-6.6%
-32.5%
-42.6%
11/04/2021
Pinduoduo Inc. ADR Class A
-5.8%
-16.3%
-74.1%
02/23/2021
DocuSign Inc.
-5.1%
-33.7%
-67.9%
08/10/2021
Airbnb Inc. Class A
-4.9%
-14.3%
-33.8%
03/16/2021
Ansys Inc.
-4.8%
-29.5%
-31.7%
11/05/2021
Lucid Group Inc.
-4.5%
-39.9%
-60.4%
11/17/2021
PayPal Holdings Inc.
-4.5%
-49.0%
-69.0%
07/26/2021
Microchip Technology Inc.
-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.
-4.5%
-10.3%
-17.9%
10/25/2021
Boeing Co.
-4.0%
-6.3%
-32.3%
03/15/2021
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
-3.8%
-14.2%
-23.0%
11/02/2021
Apple Inc.
-3.6%
-13.1%
-15.6%
01/04/2022
Visa Inc. Class A
-3.4%
-3.8%
-17.5%
07/27/2021
Dow Inc.
-3.3%
2.2%
-18.8%
05/18/2021
Caterpillar Inc.
-3.1%
-12.5%
-26.7%
06/04/2021
Travelers Cos. Inc.
-3.1%
5.4%
-5.5%
02/10/2022
Walt Disney Co.
-2.7%
-8.4%
-30.1%
03/08/2021
UnitedHealth Group Inc.
-2.6%
-10.9%
-12.1%
12/30/2021
Coca-Cola Co.
-2.4%
1.5%
-4.3%
02/18/2022
International Business Machines Corp.
-2.4%
-10.8%
-18.3%
06/10/2021
Nike Inc. Class B
-2.2%
-19.7%
-25.3%
11/05/2021
3M Co.
-2.2%
-20.5%
-32.4%
05/10/2021
Honeywell International Inc.
-2.1%
-16.0%
-26.1%
08/02/2021
McDonald’s Corp.
-2.0%
-9.4%
-10.5%
01/04/2022
Intel Corp.
-1.9%
-15.0%
-36.1%
04/12/2021
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
-1.9%
-14.5%
-21.9%
04/06/2021
Microsoft Corp.
-1.8%
-18.2%
-21.3%
11/22/2021
Cisco Systems Inc.
-1.8%
-15.6%
-16.8%
12/29/2021
Home Depot Inc.
-1.5%
-26.8%
-27.7%
12/06/2021
Johnson & Johnson
-1.4%
-7.0%
-11.6%
08/20/2021
Merck & Co. Inc.
-1.4%
-2.4%
-18.2%
11/04/2021
Verizon Communications Inc.
-1.2%
1.5%
-11.9%
05/10/2021
Amgen Inc.
-1.2%
-3.0%
-16.4%
04/21/2021
Procter & Gamble Co.
-1.1%
-5.7%
-6.7%
01/21/2022
Walmart Inc.
-0.6%
-7.2%
-12.0%
08/18/2021
Chevron Corp.
-0.3%
15.2%
-3.1%
02/11/2022
Salesforce.com Inc.
-0.2%
-25.1%
-39.0%
11/09/2021
Source: FactSetv
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