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Summary US stocks plunged amid rising skepticism about the eurozone debt deal.
US stocks plunged Monday amid rising skepticism about the eurozone debt deal and after the debt crisis claimed it first major US casualty, a brokerage that filed for bankruptcy.The Dow Jones Industrial Average skidded 276.40 points (2.26 percent) to 11,954.71 in closing trade.The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 52.74 points (1.93 percent) to 2,684.41, while the S&P 500 index, a broader measure of the markets, slid 31.87 points (2.48 percent) to 1,253.21.
