Stocks sink on new COVID variant; Dow loses 1,000 points
Stocks sink on new COVID variant; Dow loses 1,000 points
By KEN SWEET and PAUL WISEMAN
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell sharply Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 1,000 points, as a new coronavirus variant from South Africa appeared to be spreading across the globe. It added to investor uncertainty about potentially reversing months of progress at getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control.
Health officials in Europe and the U.K.…
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