20 March 2020 was a Friday .
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced legislation for a third fiscal stimulus package of up to $ 1 trillion that includes cash payments to households under $ 75,000 in adjusted gross income ( with $ 1,200 per individual , $ 2,400 for couples , and $ 500 per child ) and $ 208 billion for industries severely distressed by the pandemic. On Friday , 20 March 2020 , Asia-Pacific and European stock markets closed mostly up , while the Dow Jones Industrial Average , the NASDAQ Composite , and the S & P 500 all closed down 4 % ( with the Dow eclipsing its one-week decline from 24 to 28 February 2020 to finish at its largest one-week decline since the 2008 financial crisis ) .
2020 stock market crash