NY Stock Exchange Indexes Fall Nearly 3 Percent on Dark Tuesday for Trading

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Trading Floor at the New York Stock Exchange. - Sputnik International
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US stock exchanges went into a renewed fall after appearing to stabilize at the beginning of the week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling almost nearly 500 points.

WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 16,058.35, a fall on the day of 469.68 points, or 2.84 percent, Dow Jones Indices (DJI) said.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 24, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 ended the day at 1,913.85, a fall of 58.33 points or 2.96 percent, it said. The high-tech NASDAQ composite index ended the day at 4,636.11, after dropping 140 points, or 2.94 percent, its website said.

The falls on Tuesday appeared in part to be a reaction to new figures from China showing that industrial production in the month of August fell further than in any single monthly over the previous six years, reports said.

"All three major US indexes lost more than 2 percent, pushing the blue-chip Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 into correction territory," International Business Times said.

"The Nasdaq composite erased all of its gains for the year, joining the Dow and S&P 500 in turning negative for the year."

The New York Stock Exchange applied Rule 48 on Tuesday for the fourth time in two weeks to slow down the rate of trading and prevent panic spreading out of control, IBT noted.

Energy stocks fell by a full 3 percent after US oil prices dropped below $46 a barrel, IBT said.

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