Wall Street slides after Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19

All 11 major S&P sectors were down, with energy sliding 1.5% on the back of a more than 3% drop in oil prices

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Friday after two straight sessions of gains as news that President Donald Trump had contracted Covid-19 stirred up political uncertainty just weeks before the election.
 

Nine of the 11 major S&P sectors were down, but were off session lows as data showing a slowdown in US job growth in September raised hopes that Washington would agree on a new fiscal stimulus.
 

Energy, the worst performing sector so far this year, lost 1.5% on the back of a more than 3% drop in oil prices, but utilities and materials edged higher in morning trading.
 

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