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Urgent: U.S. stocks open sharply lower following global rout

Xinhua, September 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks opened sharply lower on Tuesday as a renewed broad-based sell-off around the world triggered worries about a slowdown in global growth.

Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow shed over 2.0 percent, and the S&P 500 tumbled 1.8 percent, while the Nasdaq plunged 1.9 percent. Endi