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Urgent: U.S. stocks plummet as UK votes to quit EU

Xinhua, June 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower Friday following global rout, after Britain voted to leave the European Union in a historic referendum.

The Dow slumped 3.39 percent, and the S&P 500 dropped 3.60 percent, while the Nasdaq dived 4.12 percent. Enditem