After showing a lack of direction for two straight sessions, stocks moved sharply lower over the course of the trading day on Tuesday. The major averages all showed significant moves to the downside after ending Monday's trading narrowly mixed.
The major averages finished the day just off their lows of the session. The Dow slumped 344.57 points or 1.0 percent to 33,530.83, the Nasdaq plunged 238.05 points or 2.0 percent to 11,799.16 and the S&P 500 tumbled 65.41 points or 1.6 percent to 4,071.63.
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