The Dow finished sharply lower Tuesday as it suffered its worst quarterly loss since 1987 amid a broader market rout over the coronavirus outbreak.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the session at 21,917.16, down more than 400 points. The blue-chip index lost more than 23 percent during the quarter as the US shut major parts of its economy in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The broad-based S&P 500 shed 1.6 percent to 2,584.59, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 1.0 percent to 7,700.10.
Both also notched sizable losses for the quarter. The pullback reflects the hit from unprecedented government mandates to shut down activity as the US joined the wave of countries employing social distancing measures to try to stem