Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. 8:33 am: Dow futures up 100 points Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average now rose 100 points, indicating a near 150-point higher open. Stock attempt to come back from […]
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Dow 2-day drop totals 1,910, Kudlow doesn’t help, Cramer stays away
This is a live blog. Check back for updates A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Wang Ying | Xinhua | Getty 4:01 pm: Dow drops 3%, bringing 2-day point loss to 1,910 Major averages slid on Tuesday, accelerating Monday’s sharp […]
Buffett warns of virus impact, global markets roiled
A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks past a stock indicator displaying share prices of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on February 3, 2020. BEHROUZ MEHRI | AFP via Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total confirmed cases: More than 79,400Total […]
Dow futures down 770, airlines slide, Apple drops
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. 8:32 am: Chipmaker stock ETFs fall sharply The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) and the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) were both down more than 3% in the premarket, putting […]
Dow futures dip 60 points
Traders and financial professionals work ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Drew Angerer | Getty Images This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 8:19 am: JPMorgan strategist calls for a market setback, says ‘short-term systematic sell signals’ triggered The U.S. stock market could be subjected […]
COVID-19 more fatal in men, France warns of pandemic risk
This photo taken on February 17, 2020 shows a member of the medical staff (L) checking the body temperature of a patient who has displayed mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at an exhibition centre converted into a hospital in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province. STR | AFP | Getty Images This is a […]
Coronavirus live updates: Taiwan confirms first death
A US passenger thumbs up to reporters while arriving at the Haneda Airport, in Tokyo on February 17, 2020 after disembarking in Yokohama from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where people are quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus. KAZUHIRO NOGI This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All […]
US to evacuate Americans from cruise ship, first death in Europe
This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 8:12 pm: China announces policies to support businesses hit by virus The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) issued a notice on Saturday urging banks to strengthen loans to the manufacturing sector at better rates, and to […]
China tries to get back to work; Hong Kong pledges $3.2 billion
This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Total confirmed cases: More than 64,000Total deaths: At least 1,380 9:03 am: Virus risk to US is ‘very low,’ but that could change ‘rapidly,’ Azar says The American public’s risk of getting infected with the new coronavirus is “very low” but that could change “rapidly,” […]
S&P all-time high, Tesla comeback, Microsoft turns negative
Elon Musk Mike Blake | Reuters This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 3:22 pm: Wayfair drops 13% as company announces job cuts Shares of the online retailer tanked 13% after the company said it was cutting roughly 3% of its workforce, which translates to around 500 jobs. The company said that around […]