NEW YORK — Wall Street’s major indexes tumbled on Friday as several U.S. states imposed business restrictions in response to a surge in coronavirus cases and as financial shares tumbled after the Federal Reserve moved to cap bank dividend payments.
On the benchmark S&P 500, financial shares led in percentage losses. Bank shares plummeted 5.9 per cent after the Federal Reserve limited dividend payments and barred share repurchases until at least the fourth quarter following its annual stress test. Renewed concerns over the novel coronavirus pandemic has threatened to derail a strong rally for Wall Street that has brought the S&P 500 within 11 per cent of its February record closing high.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 637.86 points, or 2.48 per cent, to 25,107.74, the S&P 500 lost 58.79 points, or 1.91 per cent, to 3,024.97 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 187.50 points, or 1.87 per cent, to 9,829.50. Gap Inc shares surged 18.1 per cent after the retail chain entered a 10-year deal with rapper and fashion designer Kanye West to create a line of clothing under his Yeezy brand.
Rising cases. Not rising hospitalizations. Not rising deaths. But cases, due to testing. Herd Immunity is what we want.
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