What Happened in the Stock Market Today

What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Stocks fell sharply on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) both losing over 1%.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

Bank stocks dropped on falling interest rates, and the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEMKT: KRE) lost 2.8%. The price of gold rose, pushing up the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEMKT: GLD) by 0.5%.

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