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Urgent: U.S. stocks tumble amid ECB move, Yellen comments

Xinhua, December 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks extended losses Thursday, as investors assessed the European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to cut deposit interest rate and U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's remarks on economy.

The Dow dropped 1.42 percent, and the S&P 500 lost 1.44 percent, while the Nasdaq shed 1.67 percent. Enditem