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Mad March: how the stock market is being hit by COVID-19

The final numbers of the day are displayed above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands empty as the building prepares to close indefinitely due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in New York, U.S., March 20, 2020.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RC2XNF9VUN1N

The final numbers of the day before the New York Stock Exchange closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus disease. Image: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Minami Funakoshi
Correspondent, Reuters
Travis Hartman
Data Visualization Developer, Thomson Reuters
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