Wall Street’s Wild Ride: Tension, Oil, and a Dash of Panic (But Mostly Coffee)

Just an hour before the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 371 points, or 0.8%, at 48,500.83 after a morning plunge that made folks think the sky was falling (or at least the stock market). The S&P 500 took a 0.9% dip to 6,830.86, and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 0.9% to 22,561.36, trimming losses that had traders clutching their pearls before noon.



