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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Was off more than 150 points, or about 1%, in early trading after being down more than 170 points at the open?
Does "was off more than 150 points, or about 1%, in early trading after being down more than 170 points at the open" mean "The Dow Jones at the open dropped 170 points first and then continued to drop 150 points more"?
Context:
U.S. stocks opened sharply lower Monday on Wall Street as investors braced for a potential government shutdown.
The Dow Jones industrial average was off more than 150 points, or about 1%, in early trading after being down more than 170 points at the open. The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index was off 0.8% and the Nasdaq composite was down 1%.
More:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2013/09/30/stocks-monday/2894365/
Context:
U.S. stocks opened sharply lower Monday on Wall Street as investors braced for a potential government shutdown.
The Dow Jones industrial average was off more than 150 points, or about 1%, in early trading after being down more than 170 points at the open. The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index was off 0.8% and the Nasdaq composite was down 1%.
More:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2013/09/30/stocks-monday/2894365/
Top answer
It is not clear. 24. 67.
- It is not clear.
- 24.
- 67.
- (5:00pm Eastern US time, but with a =+/- 15 minute reporting delay)
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It is not clear. If you are talking about today, it opened at 15,249.82 after closing at 15,258.24. The low was 15,086.71 and it is now at 15,129.67. (5:00pm Eastern US time, but with a =+/- 15 minute reporting delay)
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