‘They’ve Never Been Down 1,000 Points’: Fox Business Host Left Stunned By Wall Street Sell-Off

Fox 💼Business host Lauren Simonetti was left stunned by a massive drop in the NASDAQ Composite Index at the start of trading Monday morning.

The NASDAQ fell on open on Monday, down over 1,000 points, recovering slightly to around 500 points in the first two hours of trading, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped over 1,000 points in that same time frame, according to Yahoo Finance. Simonetti, who co-hosts “Varney and Company” with Stuart Varney, reacted with shock as Varney ran down the opening numbers from Wall Street, calling the drop “history in the making.”

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“They’ve never been down a thousand points, ever, not even intraday on the NASDAQ,” Simonetti said after Varney listed the market changes, prompting him to ask her, “Is that true?”

“That is true,” Simonetti responded.

The S&P 500 was down over 120 points in the first two hours of trading, Yahoo Finance reported. Stocks also tumbled Friday following the release of a disappointing jobs report, with only 114,000 jobs being added in July and the unemployment rate climbing to 4.3%. Previously reported jobs numbers for May and June were also revised down.