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US stocks fall with NASDAQ/Russell 2000 closing down more than 2%
The major rising stock indexes fell at the close and ended the day at session lows. The Russell 2000 small cap index -2.09%. The NASDAQ index fell -2.04%.
The final figures show:
- Dow Industrial Average -570.17 points or -1.49% to 37,815.93
- S&P index -80.46 points or -1.57% to 5035.70
- NASDAQ index -325.26 points or -2.04% to 15657.82.
The small-cap Russell 2000 fell -42.12 points or -2.09% to 1973.90.
For the trading month, the Dow Industrial Average had its worst month since September 2022. The S&P index had its worst month since September 2023 and the NASDAQ index also had its worst month since September 2023.
- The Dow Industrial Average fell -5.0%
- The S&P index fell -4.16%
- The NASDAQ index fell -4.41%
- Russell 2000 fell -7.09% – its worst month since September 2022.
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