Wall Street steadies after anxiety over the health of regional banks roiled markets
Regional banks reported $50 million in loan charge-offs and faced fraud allegations amid market volatility, with some banks recovering losses after sharp declines this week.
- On Friday, U.S. markets stabilized after fears about regional banks threatened a second day of volatility, as those banks gained 3% in premarket after tumbling 13.1% Thursday.
- Mounting scrutiny of loan quality followed First Brands Group's Chapter 11 filing, and Zions Bank said a $50 million charge-off will hurt third-quarter profit Friday.
- JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon earlier this week said `When you see one cockroach, there are probably more', while Western Alliance Bancorp gained 1.3% after dropping 10.8%.
- In European trading a sell-off pushed Germany's DAX down 1.6% and Britain's FTSE 100 down 1%, while oil eased and gold climbed to over $4,383 amid Washington and Beijing trade tensions.
- Traders grew cautious ahead of Monday's economic data, with Asian markets mixed as Taiwan's Taiex fell 1.3%, India's Sensex rose 0.4%, and South Korea's Kospi closed nearly flat at 3,748.89.
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