Markets

US markets extend losses, Dow down 4pc

NEW YORK : US stocks extended a brutal sell-off Thursday, plunging more than four percent in the final hours of trade,
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 478.47 points (4.30 percent) to 10,646.37 at 1800 GMT.

The broader S&P 500 was down 48.03 points (4.12 percent) to 1,118.73, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slumped 108.25 points (4.26 percent) to 2,429.94.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011