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U.S. stock futures tumble as China coronavirus spreads, worries escalate

January 27, 2020

U.S. stock futures indicated sharp losses for major indexes on Monday, continuing a drop seen from late last week, as concern grows over the fallout from China’s coronavirus, with the death toll and number of infected climbing dramatically from last week.

How are benchmarks performing?

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YMH20, -1.60% slid 368 points, or 1.3%, to 28,652, while those for the S&P 500 ESH20, -1.64% slid 43.50 points, or 1.3%, to 3,249.75. Nasdaq-100 NQH20, -2.03% tumbled 152.25 points, or 1.7%, to 8,992.75 — tech stocks have been out in front of the gains so far in 2020.

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