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Stocks In Free Fall Again, As The Coronavirus Tightens Grip

All of the major indexes are now in what the markets call a correction, and stocks also were down in Asia and Europe.
A pedestrian walks past a board displaying the closing figure of the Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo on Friday. All of the major indexes are now in what the markets call a correction, and stocks also were down in Asia and Europe.

Updated at 11:30 a.m. ET

Stocks took another steep dive Friday, deepening a multi-day rout fueled by fears about the coronavirus' impact on the global economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its losses Friday, swinging between negative

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