Dow Dives 600 Points, Heads for Worst December for 6 Years
An unseasonably bad December for the stock market just got worse.
The Dow slid 620 points, or 1.4%, in Monday morning trading. The S&P 500 dropped 1.5%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 1.6%.
The Dow is down 5.4% this month, on track for its worst monthly performance since September 2022 and its worst December since 2018, according to Dow Jones Market Data.