The $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 249.13 poi...

The $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 249.13 points on Thursday, or 0.73%, to 33,699.88, the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ lost 36.36 points, or 0.88%, to 4,081.5 and the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ dropped 120.94 points, or 1.02%, to 11,789.58.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 11.49 billion shares, compared with the 11.93 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.

Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 2.74-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.37-to-1 ratio favored decliners.
The S&P 500 posted 15 new 52-week highs and one new low; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 75 new highs and 57 new lows. $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$