(Reuters) - Wall Street sank on Monday, with the Nasdaq down about 1 percent, after the steepest decline in Chinese stocks in eight years increased concerns that cooling growth in the world's No. 2 economy could hurt China's trading partners.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 126.27 points, or 0.72 percent, to 17,442.26, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 11.83 points, or 0.57 percent, to 2,067.82 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 48.85 points, or 0.96 percent, to 5,039.78.
(Reporting By Sinead Carew; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
