NEW YORK - U.S. markets resumed trading Wednesday after a 15-minute halt triggered when the S&P 500 tumbled more than 7 percent.
The benchmark index's slide to 2,351 marked the second time trading was halted this week as investors react to a coronavirus pandemic that has slowed the economies of the U.S.
and some European nations almost to a standstill. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average index fell 1,631 points to 19,605 -- wiping out all of its rapid-fire gains since President Trump took office in January 2017.
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