Market Snapshot: Dow struggles to hold on to 31,000 as stock market focuses on COVID restrictions

U.S. stock indexes trade lower Friday morning after posting fresh record highs this week, as lockdown measures in Europe and America to combat the COVID-19 pandemic take their toll and President Biden’s proposed new round of fiscal stimulus runs into opposition in the Senate.

U.S. stock indexes trade lower Friday morning after posting fresh record highs this week, as lockdown measures in Europe and America to combat the COVID-19 pandemic take their toll and President Biden’s proposed new round of fiscal stimulus runs into opposition in the Senate.