Global Markets Overview - 07/11/2012

By International Business Times,  July 10, 2012, 08:26:16 PM EDT

U.S. STOCK MARKETS

Worries from the tech and industrial sectors and an underwhelming earnings report from bellwether Alcoa sent stocks tumbling Tuesday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 83.17 points, or 0.7%, to 12653.12, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 10.99 points, or 0.8%, to 1341.47.

Both benchmarks lost ground for the fourth session in a row. For the S&P 500, it's the longest losing streak in nearly two months.

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