Boeing collapsed in the US market: it lost nearly $ 27 billion in two days

After the second accident in five months of one of his planes 737 MAX 8, Investors sanctioned Boeing, who was badigned to the stock market for the second day in a row. The shares of the aerospace giant lost 6.15% Tuesday after losing 5.33% in the previous session.

"I think the impact on the industry is important, we have a new type of device that has only been in use for two years and we now have two accidents in circumstances that look alike"he said to the AFP Gerry Soejatman, an aviation badyst from Jakarta.

The American aircraft manufacturer has received little help from the aeronautical authorities of his country (FAA), which this Tuesday, he refused to suspend the flights of the Boeing 737 MAX and who claims to have no indication that these devices are the culprits of Sunday 's accident.

But a long list of countries Countries like China, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, as well as African, European and South American nations, have taken a more cautious stance and have announced that this device would not be used until the causes of the accident in Ethiopia are known.

The reason is that the circumstances of the event are similar to those of a Lion Air flight less than five months ago. in which another Airbus 737 MAX, a new model that had already been criticized by several pilot badociations for changes to control commands, also crashed a few minutes after takeoff.

The 737 MAX 8s, which came into service in May 2017, are Boeing's top selling products and more than 370 of them were outstanding.

So, Boeing shares devalued about 11.5% of the Dow Jones in just two days, leading by far the falls of the day and the weighting of the index, which closed down 0.38%.

In all, the company lost nearly $ 27 billion in capitalization this weekaccording to The wealth.

However, the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq ended in green after taking advantage of various data on US consumer price inflation, It rose 0.2% in February, which is in line with badysts 'expectations and is a temporary relief for badysts' fears of a slowing economy.

(With information from AFP and EFE)