Following the mixed performance seen last Friday, stocks moved sharply lower over the course of the trading session on Tuesday. With the steep drop on the day, the Dow and the S&P 500 ended the session at their lowest closing levels in a month.
The major averages saw further downside going into the close, ending the session at their worst levels of the day. The Dow tumbled 697.10 points or 2.1 percent to 33,129.59, the Nasdaq plunged 294.97 points or 2.5 percent to 11,492.30 and the S&P 500 dove 81.75 points or 2 percent to 3,997.34.
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