American stock indices closed in the red on Thursday, which contributed by statistics on coronavirus and negative economic news. By the end of the day, Dow Jones lost 0.44%, S & P500 - 0.38%, NASDAQ - 0.67%. Market players are apprehensive about the rate of distribution virus. According to DBS analysts, it is now impossible determine if the peak of the spread of the disease has passed or still to come. Writes about this agency Associated Press. Players worries about the worsening situation in Japan and South Korea. News about the virus also negatively affected the Asia-Pacific exchanges, which predominantly declining this morning. The fall of the American indices contributed to the weak statistics on unemployment in the US over the past week. Number of unemployed increased by 4 thousand, meeting analysts' expectations. Besides, financial conglomerate Morgan Stanley announced yesterday the acquisition of the company and E * Trade (USA), which provoked falling of its shares by 4%.