NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped on Thursday, driving the Dow and the S&P 500 down more than 3 percent and pushing the Nasdaq down wore than 4 percent, on growing fears that the euro zone's handling of its sovereign debt crisis could jeopardize the global economic recovery.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 376.36 points, or 3.61 percent, to end unofficially at 10,068.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> slid 43.46 points, or 3.90 percent, to close unofficially at 1,071.59. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> tumbled 94.36 points, or 4.11 percent, to finish unofficially at 2,204.01.
(Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Jan Paschal)
