US stocks slid sharply Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sinking two per cent, as disappointing economic data from China and Europe followed the Federal Reserve's slashing its growth forecast for the United States.
Tech stocks fell broadly, with Microsoft's 2.6 per cent loss helping pull the Nasdaq 2.4 per cent lower. Growth-related plays like mining stocks and oil took the biggest falls, with Alcoa sinking 4.3 per cent, Occidental Petroleum 6.1 per cent and Chevron 3.5 per cent.
At the close the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 250.82 points, or 1.96 per cent, at 12,573.57.
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