1. Sept. 29, 2008
Close: 10,365.45
Net loss: 777.68
Percentage change: -6.98
The Dow suffered its worst point decline after the House defeated a $700 billion bailout package that was backed by the Bush administration and meant to shore up the nation's financial system. A revamped plan was approved in a second vote.
Here, traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange watch a television monitor as the vote on the bailout package is counted.
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(AP Photo)


