Dow plummets over 1,500 pts in premarket trade

Shares on Wall Street crumbled further in premarket trade on Monday as markets continued to be gripped by fears over the coronavirus outbreak and crashing oil prices. Following a collapse in talks between Saudi Arabia and Russia at the OPEC+ meeting in Vienna last week, the Gulf kingdom decided to engage in a so-called price war, cutting prices of its crude for April. The move triggered a 30% drop in crude benchmarks overnight. Treasury yields also tanked, with the 10-year US Treasury note dropping below 0.4% for the first time ever. The Dow was down 1,562 points at 4:39 am ET. At the same time, the S&P 500 fell 6.72% while the Nasdaq 100 lost 5.08%.