NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday on continued worries about the global economy, but managed to close well above session lows that briefly pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq into negative territory for the year.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 173.45 points, or 1.06 percent, to 16,141.74, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 15.22 points, or 0.81 percent, to 1,862.48 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 11.85 points, or 0.28 percent, to 4,215.32.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)