Census data shows the impacts of the pandemic on U.S. small businesses. NEW YORK - U.S. equity markets closed lower across the board giving up earlier gains as investors took profits and reassessed the progress of a potential coronavirus treatment.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 390 points or 1.59 percent while both the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite reversed gains ending the session lower by 1.05 percent and 0.54 percent respectively.
The major averages all gained at least 2.4 percent on Monday, in part due to Moderna, which released positive Phase 1 trial results for an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates On Tuesday investors sold the