U.S. STOCKS SLUMP ON THE LAST TRADING DAY OF THE WEEK

Highlights

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average index plunged 0.3 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was trading 0.1 percent down

• Continuously rising cases of COVID-19 and the U.S. Treasury’s decision to allow several emergency Federal Reserve programs to expire have dragged the market ending its rally

• On the weekly basis, all three indexes are on track for declines of nearly 0.5....