Global stocks end week mixed as virus fear lingersA dramatic rise in the number of deaths and new cases of the virus on Thursday fuelled global suspicions that Beijing was concealing the true scale of the illness. NEW YORK: Wall Street posted mixed results on Friday, ending an otherwise positive week as markets in Europe and Asia also muddled to a close. Wall Street finished that day in the red -- a reversal from Wednesday when its main indices closed at record highs. "The coronavirus has been increasingly worsening but the market really doesn't seem to be that concerned," Peter Cardillo of Spartan Capital Securities said of Wall Street. On Wall Street, a solid earnings report from graphics card manufacturer Nvidia pushed its price up seven percent, while similarly positive results from online travel company Expedia led to a gain of 11%.

Source: Bangkok Post February 15, 2020 01:30 UTC