July 26. 2015
Market Review
U.S. stocks finished the week with deep losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 2.9 percent over the week to 17,568.53. The S&P 500 dropped 2.2 percent for the week to finish at 2,079.65. The weekly decline for the benchmark was the steepest since March. The Nasdaq lost 2.3 percent for the week to end at 5,088.63. Among the key S&P sectors, all sectors ended lower for the week, with materials plunging nearly 5.5 percent as the worst performer for the 5-day period. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, a measure of investor uncertainty, traded near 14. Read more