Investors are also worrying about how well governments can keep up with public spending to stimulate their economies after Standard & Poor's said Britain may have its rating cut because of rising debt levels.
At the close, the Dow is down 130 to 8,292. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is down 15 to 888, and the Nasdaq composite index is down 32 to 1,695.
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