Stocks were lower as headlines were dominated by the crash of a Malaysia Airlines flight in Ukraine near the Russian border. All major stock indices closed lower, with the S&P 500 ending its streak of sessions without a 1% move at 62, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq suffered the deepest losses, falling 1.4%. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 16,986.70, -151.5, (-0.9%) S&P 500: 1,958.32, -23, (-1.1%) Nasdaq: 4,366.35, -59.6, (-1.4%) And now, the top stories of the day: 1) A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crashed in eastern Ukraine at about 10:00 ET, with the news first breaking the U.S. at around …read more
Source: Business Insider
