The spread of the coronavirus initially led to a decline in stock markets .
Fears about the coronavirus caused stocks to fall further over the rest of the week , with some indices falling a .On 27 February , due to mounting worries about the coronavirus outbreak , various U.S. stock market indices including the NASDAQ-100 , the S & P 500 Index , and the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted their sharpest falls since 2008 , with the Dow falling 1,191 points , its largest one-day drop since the 2008 financial crisis .
Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic