KQED Nightly Business Report January 8, 2016
Hard. The Dow Jones Industrial average and the nasdaq closed in correction territory, meaning the indexes are now more than 10 off their most recent highs. The reason once again was china. That country suspended trading after just 30 minutes. Its benchmark index falling 7 . More on that in just a moment. But first the closing numbers. The blue chip dow index plummeting 392 points to 16,514. In the last four days the dow has shed 910 points. The nasdaq falling 3 , off 146 points. And the s p 500 lost 47. And as for oil, which continues its slide, it hit a 12year low during todays trading sessio...