Gains in technology, financial and health care stocks outweigh losses in industrial, energy, real estate and other sectors.
coronavirus
Chinese city halts outbound trains, flights in effort to contain deadly virus
The official Xinhua News Agency says no one will be permitted to leave Wuhan without a specific reason.
U.S. stocks close lower amid jitters over virus outbreak
Companies that cater to Chinese tourists have some of the biggest loses.
Washington man 1st in U.S. to catch new virus from China
U.S. health authorities will add Chicago’s O’Hare airport and Atlanta’s airport to those that will screen passengers from Wuhan in central China.
Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus
Chinese medical experts have confirmed transmission between family members, although how it occurred isn’t clear.
China reports 17 new cases in viral pneumonia outbreak
Three U.S. airports have started screening incoming passengers from central China.
U.S. to screen airline passengers from China for new illness
More than 40 cases of the newly identified coronavirus have been confirmed in Asia, including 2 deaths.
Easily-spread mysterious virus proving more deadly than SARS
Health officials are unable to pinpoint the source of the virus that originated in the Middle East.