Dow Drops 6.6% in August.

The article states that the U.S. stock index the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 6.6 percent in August 2015, and that it declined 0.7 percent at the end of trading on August 31, 2015. According to the article, the stock index the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 fell 0.8 percent and the stock index the Nasdaq Composite declined 1.1 percent on August 31. It also states that the European stock index the Stoxx Europe 600 fell 8.5 percent during August. The article also discusses sluggish economic growth in emerging markets.