After drifting lower at a sleepy pace for most of the day, the Dow Jones industrial average abruptly lurched into a hair-raising sky dive in the final hour of trading.

漂流后在一个沉睡的速度降低最多的一天，道琼斯工业平均指数节节突然变成令人毛骨悚然的天空潜水在交易最后一小时。

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, off 36% year to date, is on pace for its worst return in 77 years.

道琼斯工业股票平均价格指数今年迄今为止已下跌36%，很可能成为77年来损失最为惨重的一年。

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But even if the Nasdaq were keeping pace with the Dow's 11% year-to-date gain, it would still need to add an extra 32% from that level to hit a record.

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Boeing helped set the pace for the 30-member Dow, rallying 2.1%.

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Among Dow components, Alcoa set the pace into the red, losing nearly 3%.

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