Perilous
Times
US stocks drop again on economic worries
* From correspondents in New York
* From: NewsCore
* August 20, 2011 6:33AM
US stocks ended sharply lower again overnight, extending their
weekly losses, as worries over the global economy and European
banks continued to roil markets.
The bellwether Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday trading
down 173 points, or 1.6 percent, at 10,818.
The Nasdaq Composite fell 39 points, or 1.6 percent, at 2,341,
while the S&P 500 index closed down 17 points, or 1.5 percent,
at 1,123.