Dow industrial heads for biggest weekly point setback in 9 years, weekly drop of 1,100
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Source: Marketwatch
The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday was on track to shed more than 1,105 points for the week, which would be its steepest weekly slide since Oct. 10 2008, when it shed 1,874 points, according to FactSet data. The Dow DJIA, -2.54% was down 680 points, or about 2.5%, early Friday as Treasury yields gathered steam following an upbeat jobs report. On a percentage basis, the weekly decline, 4.2%, would be the worst for the blue-chip gauge since the 6.2% weekly decline in early January of 2016. Rising yields can undercut appetite for assets perceived as risky, including stocks. The S&P 500 index SPX, -2.12% meanwhile, was down 2%, at 2,767, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -1.96% is giving up 1.7% at 7,265.
Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-dow-industrials-have-tumbled-730-points-this-week-its-worst-point-loss-in-2-years-2018-02-02?mod=bnbh
From one hour after original post.
Thread updated above. Seems to be dropping another 50 points every hour.
From earlier.
[div class"excerpt"]The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday was on track to shed about 813 points for the week, which would be its steepest weekly slide since January 2016, when it shed 1,079 points, according to FactSet data. The Dow DJIA, -1.37% was down 380 points, or 1.4%, early Friday as Treasury yields gathered steam following an upbeat jobs report. On a percentage basis, the weekly decline, 3.1%, would also be the worst for the blue-chip gauge since the 6.2% weekly decline also in early January of 2016. Rising yields can undercut appetite for assets perceived as risky, including stocks. The S&P 500 index SPX, -1.00% meanwhile, was down 1.2%, at 2,789, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.81% gave up 1.1% at 7,303.
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Then it's back to "market forces," "prior administration's policies,"and "the government doesn't create jobs." 
Same old song and dance. When the R's policies start to take hold. 
Dow plunges more than 500 points as selloff roils markets
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-dow-jones-stock-market-falls-20180202-story.html
Dow Jones Industrials Average Opens Down Over 200 Points
Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ahead of the opening bell, February 2, 2018 in New York City. The Dow dropped 250 points at the open on Friday morning. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
Jeremy HerronBloomberg
The Dow Jones industrial average has fallen more than 500 points Friday as a sellof in U.S. assets picked up steam.
Strong jobs data increased the likelihood the Federal Reserve will lift rates next month. Equities sank toward the worst week in two years and Treasuries tumbled to a four-year low.
The S&P 500 Index dropped the most since August, pushing its five-day rout to 3 percent after the 10-year Treasury yield popped above 2.85 percent for the first time since January 2014. Bloomberg’s dollar index surged to erase a weekly loss. Energy shares plunged more than 3 percent Friday. The tech selloff worsened, sending the Nasdaq 100 Index lower by 1 percent even as Amazon.com Inc. rallied to a record on earnings. Apple Inc. lost 1.2 percent amid a disappointing sales forecast, while AlphabetInc. sank 5 percent.
