Winthrop Partners Weekly Update 2-3-2020

The Markets (as of market close January 31, 2020)
Investors continue to be rattled by the growing concern over the spread of the coronavirus, pulling money from stocks for the second week in a row. Each of the benchmark indexes listed here fell, led by the small caps of the Russell 2000, which lost close to 3.0% for the week. The Dow closed the week down more than 600 points while the S&P 500 dropped by more than 2.0%. The Global Dow also gave back almost 3.0% in value by last week’s end. Only the Nasdaq lost less than 2.0% — but not by much, closing the week down by 1.76%. As stock values plummeted, long-term bond prices soared, pushing yields significantly lower.
Oil prices dropped again last week, closing at $51.61 per barrel by late Friday afternoon, down from the prior week’s price of $54.21. The price of gold (COMEX) surged higher last week, closing at $1,592.70 by late Friday afternoon, up from the prior week’s price of $1,570.70. The national average retail regular gasoline price was $2.506 per gallon on January 27, 2020, $0.031 lower than the prior week’s price but $0.250 more than a year ago. Click Here for more: Winthrop Partners Weekly Update 2-3-20