S&P 500 Closes Down 0.4% as the Dow Leads Broad Market Retreat
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on September 4, 2026.
- S&P 500-0.38%
- Dow Jones Industrial Average-0.58%
- Nasdaq Composite-0.37%
The Dow did the heavy lifting on the downside, dropping 310 points as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq eased. Old-economy names carried the selling into the close.
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The S&P 500 closed down about 0.4% at 7,717.87, and the leadership behind the slide matters more than the size of it.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average took the worst of the selling, dropping roughly 0.6% as weakness concentrated in old-economy names.
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The Nasdaq Composite fell about 0.4%, so large-cap technology offered no real cushion here.
Keep an eye on whether industrial names stabilize or keep dragging on the next recovery attempt.