U.S. stocks open low due to significant coronavirus hit

Wall Street stocks fell sharply in early trading Wednesday due to weak jobs data and a downcast warning from U.S. President Donald Trump about the rising coronavirus death toll in the U.S. 

About six minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 21,174.95, down 3.4 percent or around 740 points. 

The broad-based S&P 500 fell 4.0 percent to 2,496.85, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled 2.7 percent to 7,490.27.