It's starting to sound like a broken record: The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Index |
Change |
Ending Value |
---|---|---|
Dow Jones Industrial Average | -125.25 [-0.98%] | 12,695.35 |
Nasdaq | -31.24 [-1.06%] | 2,902.58 |
S&P 500 | -15.04 [-1.11%] | 1,338.35 |
As for individual stocks, JPMorgan Chase
One of the lone bright spots on the day was tech giant Cisco
Outside the Dow, Groupon
The big picture
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