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S&P 500 Dives 120 Points: COVID-19 Cases Surge, Sending Tech Stocks Back Into Correction The Motley FoolDow sinks more than 900 points for its worst drop since June amid rising virus cases globally CNBCS&P 500 Tumbles in Worst Stock Rout in Four Months: Markets Wrap msnNOWThe Dow Jones and the S&P 500 just experienced their worst day since June Yahoo NewsStocks Post Worst Day in 4 Months as Infections Rise Around the Globe The New York Times
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 The S&P 500 and the Dow slumped on Wednesday to their lowest levels since late September, as coronavirus cases climbed globally and investors also worried about the possiblity of a contested U.S. presidential election next week. A spiraling pandemic and the failure to approve new fiscal stimulus before the Nov. 3 election put the blue-chip Dow on track to close at its lowest since early August.
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U.S. stocks fell sharply amid concerns over the latest increase in coronavirus infections and its potential impact on the global economy.
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German and French indices tumble 4% on expectations of further pandemic restrictions
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 The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed to 44 million on Wednesday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll rose to 1.17 million. The U.S. has the highest case total at 8.8 million and deaths at 226,723. The U.S. has counted a record 500,000 new cases in the past week, the New York Times reported, even as the administration of President Donald Trump announced in a news release that it was "ENDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC," in upper case.
Brazil has the second highest death toll at 157,946 and is third by cases at 5.4 million. India is second in cases with 7.9 million, and third in deaths at 120,010 Mexico has the fourth highest death toll at 89,814 and ninth highest case tally at 901,268. The U.K has 45,455 deaths, the highest in Europe and fifth highest in the world, and 920,664 cases.
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