Stocks End the Week on the Downside

9/18/2020  Beras/MM Closing Bell/Karr  Episode Title: Stocks End the Week on the Downside Episode Summary: Stocks,   GONG: :02 I’m Erika Beras with the Marketplace Minute. STORY 1 Stocks Ended the Week on the Downside The Dow was down nearly a percent.  The S&P and the NASDAQ were both down more than a percent. All three indexes were down for the week.  STORY 2 The Trump Administration will begin barring downloads and use of the apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday.  U.S. officials say this is because of national security concerns - the apps are Chinese owned.   TikTok has 50 million daily active users in the U.S.  STORY 3 The U.S. Agriculture Department released details of a second round of Covid-19 aid for farmers, which will pay up to $14 billion dollars to producers of corn, soybeans, wheat, livestock, dairy and tobacco.  This follows a 19 billion dollar relief program in April. Less than 10 billion of that has been paid out to date.  STORY 4 Americans showed a bit more optimism in the latest survey of consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan...the index rose about five points.  CLOSE I’m Erika Beras with the Marketplace Minute. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices