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Global growth, U.S. job market fears slam Wall St.

Reuters - Friday, September 5

NEW YORK - Wall Street had its worst day in more than two months on Thursday, as more signs of weakness in the U.S. labor market and increasingly sluggish growth overseas fueled a fierce sell-off.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 345.30 points, or 2.99 percent, at 11,187.58 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> sank 38.15 points, or 2.99 percent, at 1,236.83. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was down 74.69 points, or 3.20 percent, at 2,259.04.

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