Money | Dow Jones Dow Falls 104, Closes Under 10,000 Dow drops below 10,000 for first time since Nov. 4 By Nick McMaster Posted Feb 8, 2010 3:18 PM CST Copied In this Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, traders Richard Newman, left, and Albert Young work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) Stocks plummeted today as investors continued to worry about several European countries' ability to maintain their national debt and pondered a Wall Street Journal report that said the Fed may consider tightening credit this year. The Dow fell 103.84 points to close at 9,908.39. The Nasdaq lost 15.07, closing at 2,126.05. The S&P 500 dropped 9.45 to settle at 1,056.74. Read These Next Mom allegedly passed 31 hospitals on road trip as daughter was dying. One of the Slender Man attackers escaped her group home, briefly. Man was planning cremation for his sister, who turned out to be alive. 'Putin wants legal recognition to what he has stolen.' Report an error