Stock Market Crash 2024 August. The kbw index of american banking stocks has fallen by 8%. After three days of steep losses that dragged the stock market down 7%, stocks are finally poised to rise tuesday.

And it is not just the semiconductor industry. By the end of monday august 5, the s&p 500 us stock market index was down 6 per cent with the nikkei 225 down almost 20 per cent.