US stocks tumbled on growing fears recent share declines triggered by euro-zone turmoil in the handling of the sovereign debt crises could lead to a wider correction.
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The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 376.36 points, or 3.6 percent, to 10,068.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 43.46 points, or 3.9 percent, to 1,071.59. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 94.36 points, or 4.11 percent, to 2,204.01.
European shares extended the previous session's steep fall.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 2.2 percent at 974.8 points, and had gone as low as 974.86 points, its lowest in nearly two weeks. The index is down more than 12 percent since sovereign debt worries in the euro zone escalated in mid-April.
In the meantime, Japan's Nikkei average hit a three-month closing low, after briefly dropping below 10,000, as the euro's retreat from a rebound pushed shares of exporters lower.
The benchmark Nikkei shed 1.5 percent to 10,030.31, its lowest finish since February 15. It earlier briefly touched 9,999.59.
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