DOW drop more than 450 & S&P below 2000 U.S. stocks plunge after China sell-off on fears of weak global growth
The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 400 points, or about 2.3%, in early trading. The Nasdaq and Standard & Poor's 500 indexes saw similar percentage declines.
Adding to the anxiety, a key private indicator of U.S. manufacturing fell in December for the sixth straight month.