The Dow is down 690 points or 1.5% in the early afternoon, under pressure from its heaviest hitting stocks.
Shares of Goldman Sachs were down 2.5%. The stock makes up 10.3% of the 30-stock index, the highest weight. Microsoft, the third highest weighted stock, was down nearly 1%.
If the Dow continues on this track and ends up closing lower today, it would be the third consecutive trading day of losses and the longest losing streak since Friday, Oct. 10 when the index fell for five straight trading days.
