Stocks Fall as Ecomomic Crisis Worsens in Chicago
A trader works in the S&P 500 stock index futures pit at the Chicago Boards Options Exchange on March 2, 2009 in Chicago. The S&P 500 fell 34.27 points or nearly 4.7 percent to close at 700.82, its lowest value since October 1996. Stocks continue to plummet with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ indexes also closing down. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
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