US: Stocks end down on interest rate fears, earnings; Dow -1.7%
Published Tue, Apr 24, 2018 · 10:04 PM
[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Tuesday on worries about higher interest rates and disappointment over corporate earnings that have not met lofty expectations.
At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 24,022.07, down 1.7 per cent.
The broad-based S&P 500 shed 1.3 per cent to 2,634.48, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 1.7 per cent to 7,007.18.
AFP
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