US Stocks Slump After Opening Higher in Last Trading Session of Turbulent Week

U.S. stocks slumped Friday afternoon after opening higher in the last trading session of a turbulent week in which the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index plunged into correction territory for the first time in two years. The Dow, the more broad-based S&P 500 and the technology-laden NASDAQ composite were all about one percent lower in afternoon trading. Earlier Friday, global stock indexes closed out the week in negative territory, deepening...

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