Tuesday, August 11, 2015

U.S. stocks tumble after China rattles currency market

U.S. stocks losses intensified Tuesday as the Dow fell more than 200 points after a surprise devaluation of the yuan by China, the world’s second-largest economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.42% tumbled more than 210 points, or 1.2%, at 17,406. 58, while the S&P 500 SPX, -1.25% lost about 20 points, about 1%, at 2,084.44, and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -1.49% gave up 46 points, or 0.9%, at 5,055.54 .... http://www.marketwatch.com