Wall Street suffered one of the most volatile sessions in years Monday, which saw the Dow industrials open down more than 1,000 points, recover most of the losses and then retreat again to close with the biggest loss in four years. Meanwhile the main benchmark S&P 500 slipped into correction territory, having fallen more than 10% from its peak reached on May 21. The S&P 500 fell 77.65 points, or 3.9%, to 1,893.24, the lowest level since October 2014. The index is down 8% year to date. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 588.47 points, or 3.6%, to 15,871.28. The Nasdaq Composite ended the day down 179.79 points, or 3.8% at 4,526.25.
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