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U.S. stocks have biggest drop since August, led by health care

By ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press
Published: January 30, 2018, 5:15pm
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A Nasdaq employee works at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Health care stocks are leading U.S. indexes broadly lower in early trading following news of a big new venture in the health care business.
A Nasdaq employee works at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Health care stocks are leading U.S. indexes broadly lower in early trading following news of a big new venture in the health care business. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Photo Gallery

Hefty losses in health care and technology companies led U.S. stocks sharply lower Tuesday, handing the market its biggest pullback since August and its worst two-day drop since May.

The broad slide, which briefly sent the Dow Jones industrial average down by more than 400 points, erased some of the big gains the market had racked up since the beginning of the year, though the market was still on track to close out January with a gain.

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