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With U.S. stocks suffering a sharp, Black Friday selloff following the discovery of a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, chart watchers are attempting to gauge just how deep any pullback could get.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Index (^DJI) settled down 905 points (2.53%) in its worst post-Thanksgiving Day performance since 1931

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average's worst daily plunge of the year sparked a split among market strategists on wether Friday was a good buying opportunity.

Wall Street skidded lower on Black Friday as investors reacted to fresh travel bans related to a variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 called B.1.1.529, that has been identified in South Africa.

U.S. stock benchmarks suffer withering losses on Friday as stock and commodity markets plunge, after scientists detected a new COVID variant in South Africa.

The S&P 500 has been obliterated during the Friday session, but you should keep in mind that the liquidity was very low.

Stifel Chief Equity Strategist Barry Bannister joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the investor implications of a newly discovered COVID-19 variant as we enter the second winter of the pandemic.

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Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre provides historical context to Friday's selloff.

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower in a holiday-shortened session Friday, joining a global selloff sparked by the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The Dow Jones Industrial Average , which fell more than 1,000 points at its session low, ended around 905 points lower, a drop of 2.5%, near 34,899, according to preliminary figures, while the S&P 500 finished down around 107 points, or 2.3%, near 4,595. The Nasdaq Composite closed near 15,492, off around 354 points, or

U.S. stocks dropped on Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 suffering their biggest one-day percentage drops in months, and pandemic-hit sectors that have benefited from a reopening falling sharply after a new and potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus mutation was found. Authorities around the world reacted with alarm on Friday to the coronavirus variant found in South Africa, with the European Union and Britain among those tightening border controls as researchers sought to establish if the mutation was vaccine-resistant. Cruise operators Carnival Corp, Royal Caribbean Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line each plunged more than 10%, while shares in United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines also tumbled.

The emergence of a new COVID variant spooked markets on Friday, forcing some Fed watchers to question if the Federal Reserve will change course on its plans to slow its monetary support to the U.S. economy.

The direction of the December E-mini NASDAQ-100 Index into the close on Friday is likely to be determined by trader reaction to 16020.50.

BNP Paribas Asset Management's Daniel Morris joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss various factors contributing to Friday's market drop.

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