The stock market has been extremely optimistic lately, even in the face of heightened uncertainty related to the global COVID-19 outbreak. Despite fears of potential resurgences of coronavirus case counts, governments in many states are starting to allow business activity to return gradually toward more normal levels, and investors hope that the resulting restarting of the economy will mark a bottom for disturbing trends like employment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) were all higher by about 1% to 2% on Friday.
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