Markets Plunge on ISM Report

The major markets fell through the floor today, with the Dow Industrials
closing down -350 points for the day. Stocks extended losses from Monday’s
slide, and nearly erased all of last week’s gains in just one session.

NYSE Euronext
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fell 12% after announcing disappointing
quarterly results (full
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Goldman Sachs
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fell close to 5% after an analyst downgrade.
Financial stocks were hit hard today across the board (full
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Las Vegas Sands
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rallied 13% after an upgrade at Morgan
Stanley (full
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Barnes & Noble
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fell nearly 9% after an analyst downgrade at
JP Morgan.

Gold futures fell 1.6% as the dollar rallied against the euro. Crude oil
futures fell nearly 2% on slowing growth concerns.

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Market Snapshot

Dow


-369.89
12265.29

NASDAQ


-73.28
2309.57

S&P 500


-44.09
1336.70

Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

% Change

Weakest Industries

% Change
Resorts
and Casinos
+2.14%

Telecommunications

-5.93%
Trucking

+1.05%

Electronic Equipment

-5.54%
Silver

+0.59%
General
Contractors

-5.00%

Economic
News

U.S. ISM Index dropped at the
fastest rate since 2001 in January.