Dow drops 200 as tech leads a decline in US stocks

NEW YORK (AP) — Technology companies are leading a broad decline in U.S. stocks that has pulled the Dow Jones industrial average down 200 points.

Apple sank 3 percent after the company pulled a software update for its iPhones late Wednesday as users complained that they weren't able to make calls.

The Dow was down 208 points, or 1.2 percent, to 17,002 as of 10:50 a.m. Eastern time Thursday. The plunged wiped out the Dow's gain of 154 points the day before.

FILE - This Jan. 4, 2010 file photo shows an entrance to a Wall Street subway station in New York. Global stocks markets were mostly higher Thursday Sept. 25...

FILE - This Jan. 4, 2010 file photo shows an entrance to a Wall Street subway station in New York. Global stocks markets were mostly higher Thursday Sept. 25, 2014 after a surge in new home sales in the U.S. bolstered sentiment. But gains were limited by worries about Europe's stagnant economy and violence in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 25 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,972.

The Nasdaq composite, which is heavily weighted with technology stocks, fell 78 points, or 1.7 percent, to 4,477.

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