Trump Positive - Stocks Negative conservativedailynews.com Stocks Drop After Trump Announces Positive COVID Test - Conservative Daily News Jake Dima 2 minutes The U.S. stock market fell following President Donald Trump’s announcement that he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus. NASDAQ Composite and S&P 500 declined 2% (234 points) and around 1.6% (55 points) respectively as of Friday morning, according to Fox Business . The Dow Jones Industrial Average also dropped 1.5% (412) points amid the news, Fox reported. “The news of President Trump contracting COVID-19 may completely change the direction of the campaign and adds to our already cautious outlook on the stock market,” CEO of Hercules Investments James McDonald told Reuters . The stock plunge comes after the Bureau of Labor and Statistics reported that 661,000 were added in September,