Stocks Dip As Coronavirus Fear Triggers Safe-Haven Buying

Stocks Dip As Coronavirus Fear Triggers Safe-Haven Buying
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York on Feb. 6, 2020. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Stocks and risk assets ended the week battered. At the same time, safe harbors like bonds and gold regained their luster as markets digested a spike in new coronavirus cases and data showing a stall in U.S. business activity.

Major Wall Street indices saw selloffs Friday, with the Nasdaq posting its worst daily percentage decline in about three weeks.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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