How the major stock indexes fared on Thursday
The stock market had one of its most turbulent days in history as the Dow Jones industrials dropped almost 1,000 points in less than half an hour on fears that Greece's debt problems could halt the global economic recovery. The market's plunge came less than 90 minutes before the end of trading. The Dow's drop was its largest loss ever during the course of a trading day, but it recovered to a loss of 347 at the close. All the major indexes lost more than 3 percent.
The Dow closed down 347.80, or 3.2 percent, at 10,520.32, its biggest point loss since February 2009.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 37.75, or 3.2 percent, to 1,128.15.
The Nasdaq composite index lost 82.65, or 3.4 percent, and closed at 2,319.64.
For the week:
The Dow is down 488.29, or 4.4 percent.
The S&P is down 58.54, or 4.9 percent.
The Nasdaq is down 141.55, or 5.8 percent.
For the year to date:
The Dow is up 92.27, or 0.9 percent.
The S&P is up 13.05, or 1.2 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 50.49, or 2.2 percent.
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