US Stock Market | Stocks tumble, Dow confirms correction territory, as Middle East tensions drag

The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq each suffered their fifth straight weekly decline, the longest such streak in nearly four years. The Dow is now down more than 10% from its February 10 record close, becoming the latest major index to confirm a correction, commonly defined as a drop of 10% from its prior high. The Dow follows the Nasdaq in crossing the correction threshold while the Russell 2000, ⁠which was ‌the first on the correction path, confirmed it last Friday. "Clearly, the overall tone has turned very ne ...