Wall Street wrapped up its worst day of the year, with the Dow Jones industrial average posting its largest one-day point and percentage drop since Dec. 28. Here’s how America’s most-watched index is faring:
- The index fell 97.33 points, or 0.76%, to 12780.95 – its first drop in three trading days.
- Five of the Dow’s 30 components finished higher.
- The index is down 9.77% from its record close of 14164.53 reached on Oct. 9, 2007; but it is up 95.22% from its 12-year closing low of 6547.05 on March 9, 2009.
- The Dow is up 4.01% from 52 weeks ago, and 4.61% so far this year.
An even wider barometer of the stock market, the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, fell about a half percent on Wednesday. The drop equates to a paper loss of about $75 billion during the session.
