Major United States stock indexes extend their losing streak after Monday's historic collapse in US crude prices. US stocks plummeted at the open of trading on Wall Street on Tuesday as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter the global economy and analysts warn of the biggest recession since the Great Depression United States stocks plunged at the opening of trading in New York on Tuesday and extended the slide into midday trading, as crude carnage continues on the heels of Monday's historic collapse, which saw US oil prices drop 300 percent into negative territory for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 600 points or 2.65 percent during midday trading on Wall Street. The S&P 500 - a gauge of US retirement and education savings accounts - was down three percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index was 3.5 percent in the red. On Monday, the May contract for West Texas Intermediat...
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