Global Sell-Off Takes A Toll On U.S. Equities
Posted on October 27, 2008 at 05:25 AM EDT
U.S. markets tumbled Friday as a global sell-off spread from Asia and Europe, as fears of a worldwide recession intensified. At the New York close on Friday, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (^DJI) had plunged 312.62 points (-3.6%), to trade at 8,378.63. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index (^IXIC) shed 51.88 points (-3.23%), ...