U.S. stocks went into freefall Thursday amid growing fear of the impacts of the new coronavirus on the global economy and daily life, with the Dow skidding almost 10 percent in its largest drop since the Black Monday stock market crash in 1987.The 30-issue Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 2,352.60 points, or 9.99 percent, to end at 21,200.62. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index shed 750.25 points, or 9.43 percent, to 7,201.80.Stocks were battered at the outset and trading was soon suspended for the second time this week following a 7 percent plunge in the S&P 500 index.The so-called circ…READ FULL ARTICLE
