Wall Street dips on Sino-US friction, surging virus cases

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 118.92 points, or 0.45 percent, at the open to 26,533.41.

Reuters

July 24, 2020 / 19:23 IST

Wall Street opened lower on Friday as US-China tensions and fears over mounting COVID-19 cases weighed on investor sentiment, erasing all gains for the benchmark S&P 500 index so far this week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 118.92 points, or 0.45 percent, at the open to 26,533.41. The S&P 500 opened lower by 17.08 points, or 0.53 percent, at 3,218.58, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 167.01 points, or 1.60 percent, to 10,294.41 at the opening bell.

Reuters

first published: Jul 24, 2020 07:22 pm

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