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Hubei reports 2,097 additional coronavirus cases, death toll tops 1000

  
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The latest coronavirus news

The latest coronavirus news
Hubei province announces 2,097 additional coronavirus cases and an additional 103 deaths. That pushed the death toll above 1000.
The pace of news cases is slower than 2,531 a day ago.
In important related news, the Chinese National Health Commission has changed their definition of “confirmed case” in their latest guidelines. Starting from Sunday, those who have tested positive but have no symptoms will no longer be regarded as confirmed. This is in contrast to WHO guidance.
Since then, some provinces have been cutting totals.

North Korea continue to enhance its nuclear and ballistic missile program

  
Analysis, Politics

UN confidential report on the North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile program

A confidential UN report saying:

  • North Korea continue to enhance its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in 2019 in violation of UN sanctions
  • North Korea violated UN sanctions in 2019 by importing refined petroleum and exporting commodities including $370 million worth of coal
Earlier today, it was reported that Pres. Trump said to aides that he does not not want to have another summit with North Korea’s Kim.

S&P and NASDAQ closed at record levels. Major indices go out near highs

  
Analysis, US Market
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NASDAQ index rises by 1.13%

The NASDAQ juggernaut has continued with the index rising by 107.87 points or 1.13% on the day. For the year the index is now up over 7%.
Both the NASDAQ and the S&P closed at record levels today. The Dow industrial average is still short of its all-time record.
The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index +24.38 points or 0.73% at 3352.09. The high price reached 3352.26. The low extended to 3317.77.
  • NASDAQ index +107.87 points or 1.13% at 9628.39. The high price reached at 9628.66. The low extended to 9493.62.
  • Dow industrial average +174.31 points or 0.60% at 29276.82. The high price reached 29215.00. The low extended to 28850.00

Some of the big winners on the day included:

  • Slack, +15.44%.
  • Lyft, +7.41%
  • AMD, +5.09%
  • Nvidia, +4.51%
  • Chipotle, +3.09%
  • Tesla, +3.06%
  • Amazon, +2.63%
  • Microsoft, +2.59%
  • Boeing, +2.35%
  • Alphabet, +2.00%
  • Cisco, +1.90%
  • General Motors, +1.84%
  • Tencent, +1.8%
  • Square, +1.7%
  • Visa, +1.64%
  • Home Depot, +1.39%
Some of the underperformers during today’s trading day include:
  • Twitter, -2.89%
  • Exxon Mobil, -2.47%
  • DuPont, -1.48%
  • Charles Schwab, -1.14%
  • Walmart, -1.03%
  • Deutsche Bank, -0.96%
  • United health, -0.76%
  • Pfizer, -0.63%
  • Emerson, -0.52%
  • AliBaba, -0.38%
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