Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Markets Continue to Decline on Disappointing ISM Number Among Other Factors
February 03, 2014 at 15:53 PM EST
Toward the end of trading Monday, the Dow traded down 1.94 percent to 15,394.26 while the NASDAQ tumbled 2.55 percent to 3,999.12. The S&P also fell, dropping 2.18 percent to 1,743.72. Top Headline Smith & Nephew PLC (NYSE: SNN ) announced its plans to buy ArthroCare (NASDAQ: ARTC ) for