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Mid-Day Recap: Losses in China Drive U.S. Equities South

August 31, 2009 – 9:33 am Stocks have had a rough day in the final session of August. After a sell-off in China hurt investor sentiment in Europe, US equity markets opened lower and have failed to bounce halfway through the day. As of 1:30, the NASDAQ is off 1.39% to 2,000, followed by a 1.22% dip in the S&P 500 to 1,016, while the Dow trades 0.95% lower at 9,453. ...(read more)