Updated Feb 24, 2020 - Economy
Stocks fall more than 3% as coronavirus cases spike

- Courtenay Brown, author ofAxios Macro

Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
Wall Street had its worst day in two years on Monday, following a spike in coronavirus cases in South Korea and Italy. The S&P 500 fell 3.3%, the Nasdaq Composite fell 3.7% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average sunk 1,030 points (3.5%).
The big picture: This is the U.S. stock market's biggest reaction thus far to the coronavirus, largely shrugging it off as a threat to the global economy (though the bond market has not). While the S&P is down from record highs — which it notched last week — the index is still above lows touched earlier this year.

