Audio for this story will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET All Things Considered, October 6, 2008 · The Dow Jones industrial average have plummeted, closing below 10,000 points for the first time in four years. Ted Weisberg, a floor trader at the New York Stock Exchange, talks about the mood on the floor as the Dow fell. Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor. Wall Street tumbled again Monday, joining a sell-off around the world. AP Angst about the health of the global economy had Wall Street on edge Monday, resulting in another record one-day drop in the Dow Jones industrial average. The Dow fell by as much as 800 points before recovering a good portion of its losses toward the end of the trading session. The Dow was down 369 points at close, finishing below the 10,000-point mark for the first time in four...
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