Dow Leads U.S. Stocks Lower With a 1.04% Intraday Drop

Enna Lee

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Dow Leads U.S. Stocks Lower With a 1.04% Intraday Drop

The S&P 500 fell 0.53%, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.20% in the same intraday snapshot.

By Enna Lee

Published Oct 23, 2026, 9:38 AM EDT

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.04% during intraday trading, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.53% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.20%, leaving all three major U.S. benchmarks lower.

The Dow had the steepest decline among the three indexes, and the Nasdaq had the smallest. The percentages describe moves during trading, not closing results.

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