Stock Market Wrap-Up: With Coronavirus Relief, Will the U.S. Government Become Airline Shareholders?

Friday was a down day for the stock market, as investors followed the usual adage of buying the lead-up to the passage of the coronavirus stimulus bill and then selling its actually becoming law. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) came into the day with a three-day winning streak, but worries about the rising spread of COVID-19 weighed on hopes that the government's assistance package would be enough to help ailing businesses make it through the coronavirus crisis. Along with the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), most major benchmarks were down 3% to 4% on the day.

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