return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDow futures tumble 800 points as U.S. oil tops $100 a barrel to begin the week's tradingwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down10
arrow-up1137arrow-down1external-linkDow futures tumble 800 points as U.S. oil tops $100 a barrel to begin the week's tradingwww.cnbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIf it were a total of 50,000 and dropped 1,000 that would be a 2% drop.
minus-squarered_green_black@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s bigger if we do go by that short lived benchmark
minus-squareHomosexual sapiens@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah I understand that. I was asking what meaning/unit the points have
If it were a total of 50,000 and dropped 1,000 that would be a 2% drop.
It’s bigger if we do go by that short lived benchmark
Yeah I understand that. I was asking what meaning/unit the points have