THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Markets Alert
S&P 500 Extends Losing Streak to 8 Sessions
The S&P 500 fell for an eighth straight session Thursday, its longest stretch of declines since October 2008.
The index has fallen nearly 3% since Oct. 25 as polls have tightened in the U.S. presidential election. Still, that decline is much milder than the 23% the S&P 500 lost in its previous eight-session losing streak during the financial crisis, according to WSJ Market Data Group. The index slid 5.3% over two sessions following the U.K.'s vote to leave the European Union in June.
The S&P 500 fell 0.4% on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 29 points, or 0.2%, to 17931. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.9%.
