Amid grim financial news from around the world, stocks saw another tumultuous day, starting with a horrific 9.6 percent slump in Tokyo shares that spilled over to Europe, where London's FTSE plunged 5.
0 percent.
"The best word to describe what's going on right now is panic," said Credit Suisse strategist Satoru Ogasawara.
Wall Street followed other exchanges downwards as a wave of panic selling and a meltdown in share prices swept around the world.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 312.30 points (3.59 percent) to close at 8,378.95, in a volatile session that saw the blue-chip index down as much as 500 points.
The market action capped a week with a drop of more than five percent for the US blue-chip index.
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