NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid on Friday as a report pointing to further deterioration in housing added to recession fears, and offset reassuring profits from manufacturer Honeywell International Inc and Google Inc .
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 234.88 points, or 2.62 percent, to 8,744.38. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> lost 25.17 points, or 2.66 percent, to 921.26. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was down 45.28 points, or 2.64 percent, at 1,672.43.
(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Kenneth Barry)