article_snippet.sent: Between 2.42pm and 2.47pm, the Dow Jones shed 600 points, having already been down more than 300 points – a startling 6 per cent fall in just five minutes.
article_snippet.sent: Very soon it had recorded an almost 1,000-point loss on the day.
article_snippet.sent: The UK's FTSE 100 fell 138 points, France's Cac shed 163 points, and Germany's Dax dropped 193 points.