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Friday will be the last day of floor trading before the New York Stock Exchange switches to all-electronic trading starting Monday.

Economy

Dow's Dive Erases All Gains Under Trump

5:52pm March 20, 2020

by Avie Schneider

The Dow fell more than 900 points, leaving the index 2.8% lower than when President Trump took office. The drop culminated a staggering week of losses as the coronavirus impact took an economic toll.

The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to roil financial markets as businesses shut down with their customers and employees forced to stay home.

Economy

Stock Market Rises For A Change

5:14pm March 19, 2020

by Avie Schneider

U.S. stock indexes finished the day up as investors tried to absorb the latest financial impacts of the coronavirus. The Dow rebounded, rising nearly 200 points a day after its steep plunge.

A trader reacts after automatic circuit breakers kicked in and trading was halted temporarily Wednesday at the New York Stock Exchange.

Economy

Dow Dives 6%; NYSE To Close Its Floor, Shift To All-Electronic Trading

5:47pm March 18, 2020

by Avie Schneider

The Dow plummeted more than 1,300 points after President Trump announced new emergency steps. The New York Stock Exchange said that to protect its employees, it will close its trading floor Monday.

Global financial markets have been gyrating for weeks on increasing fears over the coronavirus pandemic.

Economy

U.S. Stocks Jump As White House Plans $1 Trillion Stimulus

4:07pm March 17, 2020

by Avie Schneider

In a rebound from its record plunge, the Dow gained more than 1,000 points as the White House planned a massive stimulus package and the Fed set up a new loan program to boost the economy.

Markets are falling sharply, even after the Federal Reserve aggressively cut interest rates to near zero.

Economy

Stocks Go Into Shock. Dow Plunges Nearly 3,000 Points

4:35pm March 16, 2020

by Avie Schneider

The Dow tumbled nearly 13% after the Federal Reserve aggressively cut interest rates to near zero and as the nation imposed more restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

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The stock market rebounded Friday after cratering on fears over the coronavirus pandemic.

Economy

Dow Soars Nearly 2,000 Points In Rebound From Biggest Drop Since 1987

4:44pm March 13, 2020

by Avie Schneider

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes jumped as President Trump declared a national emergency to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

After weeks of turmoil over the economic toll of the coronavirus, U.S. stock indexes entered a bear market, signaling an end to their 11-year winning streak.

Dow Plunges 2,300 Points: Stocks In Meltdown As Panic Selling Continues

5:41pm March 12, 2020

by Avie Schneider

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 10% — its biggest one-day drop since 1987 — as the coronavirus pandemic continued to rattle markets. Trading was temporarily halted earlier in the day.

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Economy

Stocks Enter Bear Market. What Does It Mean?

5:00pm March 12, 2020

by Avie Schneider

Analysts like to say that the stock market is not the economy. But a bear market reflects concerns and anxieties about the economy, and at times a bear market is accompanied by a recession.

U.S. stock indexes tumbled, then rebounded Wednesday amid an escalating trade war between the United States and China.

Stocks Come Back After Another Wild Day On Wall Street

4:36pm August 07, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

Stocks slid early on, amid escalating fears that the U.S.-China trade war will further damage a worldwide economy that's already slowing. But the market recovered by day's end.

U.S. stocks nosedived Monday as China's currency fell sharply and raised fears that the U.S.-China trade war would keep escalating.

Stock Markets Take Another Hit As The Trade War With China Heats Up

5:11pm August 05, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

World stock markets saw sharp sell-offs after China let its currency slide, the latest move in its trade war with the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 767 points, or 2.9%.