Wall Street falls hard on worldwide risk aversion

FXStreet (San Francisco) - The US stocks market closed sharply down on Thursday amid fears on Ukraine crisis and Russian’s troops moves ahead of Sunday's referendum. The Dow and the Nasdaq declined to 3-week lows.

The Dow Jones declined for third day and collapsed 231.19 points or 1.41% on Thursday to close the session at 16,108.89. The S&P 500 fell 21.86 points or 1.17% to 1,846.34; the Nasdaq Composite lost 62.91 pts or 1.46% to 4,260.42.