20-02-2020 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com

U.S. stocks fall, led by tech decline on fears of coronavirus spread

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, led down by big cap technology firms including Apple, after reports of new coronavirus cases in China and other countries intensified fears over its spread and impact on the global economy.
Caroline Valetkevitch for Reuters:Investors were unnerved by a quick, sharp drop in indexes in late morning trade, with some traders attributing the move to a Global Times report that a central Beijing hospital had reported 36 new cases. This raised worries about a potential expl
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