US stockmarkets suffer worst month in over two years

First monthly drop since March

Tom Eckett
clock • 2 min read

A late slump in US stocks on Wednesday driven by continued fears of faster-than-anticipated rate hikes caused the Dow Jones and S&P 500 to suffer their worst month since January 2016.

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