investors dumped everything from oil to precious metals on renewed worries about the global economy. the federal reserve fanned those fears yesterday with its gloomy outlook about the u.s. economy and global financial markets. only the u.s. bond market was spared. investors flocked to the safety of government debt, pushing the yield on the 10-year note to a record low. heres a look at how the major averages fared by the close. they all dropped by 3% or more. the dow tumbled 391 points. it had been down about 500 points. the nasdaq fell 82 and the s&p 500 lost 37. markets a big drop in gold, down $66 to close at $1,741 and crude oil futures slid over $5.00 to settle at $80.51 a barrel. erika miller takes a closer look at today s market selloff. reporter: today, it was sell sell sell, straight from the opening bell. the dow and the s&p 500 joined an extraordinary global market selloff at the start of trading and never looked back. by the time the dust settled at 4 p.m., bl
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. tom hudson is on assignment. u.s. stocks plunged today, joining a massive selloff that started in asia and quickly spread to europe and around the globe. investors dumped everything from oil to precious metals on renewed worries about the global economy. the federal reserve fanned those fears yesterday with its gloomy outlook about the u.s. economy and global financial markets. only the u.s. bond market was spared. investors flocked to the safety of government debt, pushing the yield on the 10-year note to a record low. heres a look at how the major averages fared by the close. they all dropped by 3% or more. the dow tumbled 391 points. it had been down about 500 points. the nasdaq fell 82 and the s&p 500 lost 37. markets a big drop in gold, down $66 to close at $1,741 and crude oil futures slid over $5.00 to settle at $80.5
investors dumped everything from oil to precious metals on renewed worries about the global economy. the federal reserve fanned those fears yesterday with its gloomy outlook about the u.s. economy and global financial markets. only the u.s. bond market was spared. investors flocked to the safety of government debt, pushing the yield on the 10-year note to a record low. heres a look at how the major averages fared by the close. they all dropped by 3% or more. the dow tumbled 391 points. it had been down about 500 points. the nasdaq fell 82 and the s&p 500 lost 37. markets a big drop in gold, down $66 to close at $1,741 and crude oil futures slid over $5.00 to settle at $80.51 a barrel. erika miller takes a closer look at today s market selloff. reporter: today, it was sell sell sell, straight from the opening bell. the dow and the s&p 500 joined an extraordinary global market selloff at the start of trading and never looked back. by the time the dust settled at 4 p.m., bl
started in asia and quickly spread to europe and around the globe. investors dumped everything from oil to precious metals on renewed worries about the global economy. the federal reserve fanned those fears yesterday with its gloomy outlook about the u.s. economy and global financial markets. only the u.s. bond market was spared. investors flocked to the safety of government debt, pushing the yield on the 10-year note to a record low. heres a look at how the major averages fared by the close. they all dropped by 3% or more. the dow tumbled 391 points. it had been down about 500 points. the nasdaq fell 82 and the s&p 500 lost 37. markets a big drop in gold, down $66 to close at $1,741 and crude oil futures slid over $5.00 to settle at $80.51 a barrel. erika miller takes a closer look at today s market selloff. reporter: today, it was sell sell sell, straight from the opening bell. the dow and the s&p 500 joined an extraordinary global market selloff at the start of tradin
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. tom hudson is on assignment. u.s. stocks plunged today, joining a massive selloff that started in asia and quickly spread to europe and around the globe. investors dumped everything from oil to precious metals on renewed worries about the global economy. the federal reserve fanned those fears yesterday with its gloomy outlook about the u.s. economy and global financial markets. only the u.s. bond market was spared. investors flocked to the safety of government debt, pushing the yield on the 10-year note to a record low. heres a look at how the major averages fared by the close. they all dropped by 3% or more. the dow tumbled 391 points. it had been down about 500 points. the nasdaq fell 82 and the s&p 500 lost 37. markets a big drop in gold, down $66 to close at $1,741 and crude oil futures slid over $5.00 to settle at $80.5