Plunging Wall Street stocks end record bull run


A price screen display above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the close of trading in New York on Thursday. - Reuters

NEW YORK: Wall Street tanked on Thursday, slamming the book on the longest-ever U.S. bull market after new travel restrictions to curb the coronavirus spread spooked investors and rattled world markets.

President Donald Trump's Europe travel ban, announced late Wednesday, sent all three major U.S. stock indexes into a tailspin, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq confirming their first bear market since the financial crisis.

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