Dow Jones Today After The Bell: Dow Drops 313 Points Below 50,000 as Oil Whipsaws Wall Street
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 313.62 points, or 0.6%, finishing at 49,596.97 on Thursday—falling back under the 50,000 mark, as Wall Street retreated from its highs. A shaky session for oil and a selloff in chip stocks didn’t help. The S&P 500 closed down 0.4% to 7,337.11. The Nasdaq Composite eased 0.1% to 25,806.20.