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Dow drops 100 pts on N.Korea missile test

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Last Updated : Aug 29 2017 | 7:22 PM IST

REUTERS - U.S. stocks opened sharply lower on Tuesday, with the Dow losing more than 100 points, as North Korea's missile test over Japan escalated tensions with the United States, and President Donald Trump warned that "all options are on the table".

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 123.16 points, or 0.56 percent, to 21,685.24. The S&P 500 lost 15.85 points, or 0.648463 percent, to 2,428.39.

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 53.68 points, or 0.85 percent, to 6,229.34.

(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

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First Published: Aug 29 2017 | 7:09 PM IST

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