DJIA Today Fell 292 Points – Here's What Happened

The DJIA today fell 292 points. The Nasdaq suffered its steepest one-day decline in almost a year. What happened? A wide sell-off in the biotech and technology sectors outpaced gains fueled by news of a merger between Kraft Foods Group (Nasdaq: KRFT) and H.J. Heinz Co. Continued weakness in Europe also remains a central concern to investors. Here are the day's top stories, plus our new profit tip for investors... Tags: DJIA , DJIA index , djia today , Dow close , Dow Jones , Dow Jones close , Dow Jones Industrial Average , Dow Jones Industrial Average today , dow jones today , Nasdaq: AAPL , Nasdaq: FB , Nasdaq: IBM , Nasdaq: KRFT , Nasdaq: NXPI , why the Dow was down today To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2015 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post DJIA Today Fell 292 Points – Here's What Happened appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .