The broader market continues to trade lower at mid-day during the closing session of this trading week. All major indexes continue to sit in the red, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding 445 points (-1.81%) to fall to 24,152 while the S&P 500 declines by 40 points (-1.53%) to 2,610 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq retreats by 100 points (-1.42%) to 6,970. Action has come on lower than average volume (NYSE 288 mln vs. avg. of 300 mln; NASDAQ 921 mln vs. avg. of 1,126 mln), with decliners outpacing advancers (NYSE 850/2101, NASDAQ 944/2005) and new lows outpacing new highs (NYSE 14/472, NASDAQ 10/373).