NEW YORK - U.S. equity markets battled back from steep losses early Thursday and were on track to hold onto the remnants of their gains from the Trump era. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average turned higher after a drop of 721 points, or 3.6 percent, shortly after the open.
If the Dow is down at least 166.52 points at the close of trading, that would erase the entirety of its once-sizeable increase since President Trump was sworn into office on Jan.
20, 2017. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite, which also posted steep losses earlier, rallied too. Social distancing is not only about preventing the illness itself, but rather, slowing the rate at which people get