Stocks have reversed course and the Dow is now down more than 100 points
Stocks were retreating in Friday afternoon trade after bouncing between small gains and losses earlier, as investors dealt with uncertainty over the spread of COVID-19 in China.
All three benchmark indexes touched all-time highs earlier in the week. As of Friday morning, the Dow looked set to end the week with a 1.1% gain, the S&P 500 was on pace to advance about 1.5% higher for the week, and the Nasdaq was set to gain 2.3% for the period. “Most traders still lack visibility on the way the virus is spreading in China, especially after a new testing method was introduced this week,” said Pierre Veyret, technical analyst at ActivTrades, in a note. “The recent data from Beijing show lower new daily cases but still more than before the new testing process was implemented, which provides investors with a blurry picture of the situation.”
But a measure of consumer sentiment surged above expectations to touch a near 15-year high in a preliminary February reading. Separately, the Commerce Department said business inventories rose a scant 0.1% in December.Which companies are in focus? What are other markets doing? Oil continued to power higher. The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery CLH20, +0.89% was 61 cents, or 1.2%, higher on the New York Mercantile Exchange. WTI has gained 3.
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