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Urgent: U.S. stocks decline following global rout

Xinhua, February 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks ended lower Thursday as investors rushed to safe-haven assets amid a global rout in equity markets.

The Dow dropped 1.60 percent, and the S&P 500 lost 1.23 percent, while the Nasdaq fell 0.39 percent. Endit