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The Dow [.DJIA
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], S&P [.SPX
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] and Nasdaq [COMP
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] were all down over 2%, as of late this morning. While these moves are significant, we have seen drops like this before in this rally. One month ago, on May 13, all the indices were down over 2% on the same day. All of these indices finished March, April, and May to the upside. Even the Dow Transports, which was down ~4.5% this morning, was down over 4.7% on May 13 and recovered for the month.
Earlier this morning, the Dow was down ~215 points or -2.4%, the Nasdaq Composite was down ~55 points or -2.9%, and the S&P was down ~25 points or -2.6%.
- The last time the Dow closed down over 215 points was on 4/20/09 when it fell -289.6 points or -3.56%
- The last time the Nasdaq closed down over 55 points was on 4/20/09 when it fell -64.86 points or -3.88%
- The last time the S&P closed down over 25 points was on 4/20/09, when it fell -37.21 points or -4.28%
Weighing the most on the indices today are
- For the Dow - 3M [MMM
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], Chevron [CVX
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], Boeing [BA
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], Caterpillar [CAT
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] and Exxon Mobil [XOM
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] - For the S&P - Exxon Mobil [XOM
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], Wal-Mart[WMT
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], Cisco [CSCO
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], General Electric [GE
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] and Oracle [ORCL
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] - For the NASDAQ 100 - Cisco [CSCO
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], Oracle [ORCL
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], Qualcomm [QCOM
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], Google [GOOG
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] and Intel [INTC
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