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Wall Street nosedives for 2nd straight day; Dow Jones, S&P 500 sink 3% each

Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down nearly 800 points, or 3.0 per cent, at 24,986.27

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, US | Reuters
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1 min read Last Updated : Feb 28 2020 | 9:29 PM IST

Wall Street stocks tumbled in opening trading Friday, suffering another steep decline as fears of an economic slowdown due to coronavirus again pummeled global markets.

Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down nearly 800 points, or 3.0 per cent, at 24,986.27. The index had shed more than 11 per cent this week heading into Friday's session.

The broad-based S&P 500 sank 3.1 per cent to 2,887.31, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index plunged 3.3 per cent to 8,285.87.

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First Published: Feb 28 2020 | 8:20 PM IST

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