finance ministers and governors also failed to calm investor concern. the dow fell 634oints to 10,809. it was the first time for the dow jones industrial average to fall more than 600 points since 2008 in the aftermath of the lehman shock. prices show no sign of bottoming out. they also say investors are eyeing changes in policy from the federal reserve s committee meeting on tuesday. the sharp drop in stock prices drove investors to gold and bonds. gold hit a record high of over $1700 an ounce. bonds from the u.s., italy, and spain also rose. the dollar fell to the middle 77 yen level on the new york foreign exchange as investors bought back the japanese currency to seek refuge in the perceived safety of the yen. now, share prices in major european markets also dropped sharply on monday to their lowest level of the year. stocks were bought back earlier in the day as the european central bank promised to purchase italian and spanish bonds in an attempt to calm investor conc