NEW YORK - U.S. stocks slid on Friday as a report pointing to further deterioration in housing added to recession fears, and offset reassuring profits from manufacturer Honeywell International Inc and Google Inc.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 234.88 points, or 2.62 percent, to 8,744.38. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost 25.17 points, or 2.66 percent, to 921.26. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 45.28 points, or 2.64 percent, at 1,672.43.
US September housing starts fall 6.3% to a 817,000 unit rate, permits fall 8.3%
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