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Urgent: U.S. stocks plummet on global rout, diving oil

Xinhua, January 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks slumped amid downbeat data Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Index below the psychologically key 16,000 level, as a heavy sell-off in overseas markets and a plunge in oil prices rattled nervous investors.

The Dow tumbled 2.39 percent, and the S&P 500 dropped 2.16 percent, while the Nasdaq shed 2.74 percent. Enditem