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Stocks soar on plans for more stimulus measures, Biden wins

by AP Business Writers
| March 4, 2020 1:05 PM

The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 1,100 points, or 4.5%, Wednesday as governments and central banks around the globe took more aggressive measures to fight the virus outbreak and its effects on the economy.

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