With Congress needing more time to finalize a stimulus package, Wall Street left new highs Thursday to close out the week on a loss.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., signs a form next to Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician Congress of the United States, after she received a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine shot in Washington on Friday. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
MANHATTAN (CN) Investors swarmed indices on Friday in a heavy round of trading, but the excitement from Thursday’s record highs waned as Wall Street fretted about Congress’ inability to get a stimulus package passed.