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Wall Street sinks, S&P turns negative for 2009


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid on Monday and pushed the S&P 500 back into negative territory for the year, in a broad-based sell-off as investors reconsidered the economy's health.

    The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 200.72 points, or 2.35 percent, to close unofficially at 8,339.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 28.19 points, or 3.06 percent, to finish unofficially at 893.04. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 61.28 points, or 3.35 percent, to close unofficially at 1,766.19.

    (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Jan Paschal)