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Stocks slip after Trump tests positive, job growth slows

by AP Business Writers
| October 2, 2020 10:27 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping Friday, as Wall Street’s first reaction to President Donald Trump’s testing positive for the coronavirus was to retrench, but hopes for coming aid for the economy from Congress are helping to limit the losses.

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