Dow down more than 360 points

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2007 shows traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks plunged Thursday, pulling the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 360 points. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks plunged Thursday, pulling the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 360 points.The Dow fell 362.14, or 2.60 percent, to 13,567.87.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index was off 40.94, or 2.64 percent, at 1,508.44, while the Nasdaq composite index dropped 64.29, or 2.25 percent, to 2,794.83.