US stocks tumble again
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
US stocks have finished sharply lower again as worries about global growth weighed on the market a day ahead of major company earnings releases. At the closing bell on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 16.320.88, down a hefty 223.22 points (1.35 per cent). The broad-based SP 500 sank 31.30 (1.64 per cent) to 1,874.83, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index slumped 62.58 (1.46 per cent) to 4,213.66. After choppy trade earlier, Wall Street stocks turned decisively negative in the last hour or so of the session, according to skynews.com