India, March 21 -- Stocks moved sharply lower early in the session on Friday but have shown a significant recovery over the course of the trading day. The major averages have climbed well off their worst levels of the day.
After tumbling by as much as 1.2 percent, the tech-heavy Nasdaq is currently up 9.45 points or 0.1 percent at 17,701.08.
The Dow is also up 2.29 points or less than a tenth of a percent after plunging by more than 500 points in early trading, while the S&P 500 is well off its lows but remains down 6.19 points or 0.1 percent at 5,656.70.
The early weakness on Wall Street came amid ongoing concerns about the economic outlook along with rising geopolitical tensions and uncertainty about the impact of President Donald Trum...