The opening numbers are displayed at the opening bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on December 6, 2018 in New York. - Wall Street opened sharply lower Thursday, joining a global stocks sell-off after the arrest of a key Chinese executive at Washington's request revived worries over trade tensions. About three minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 2.0 percent, nearly 500 points, to 24,532.25. The broad-based S&P 500 sank 1.9 percent to 2,648.04, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 2.2 percent to 7,002.02. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP)        (Photo credit should read BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)
Stocks plunge on US-China trade tension
Stocks dove on Wall Street over US-China trade war worries. CNN's Victor Blackwell talks with Michelle Singletary about the impact this could have.
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The opening numbers are displayed at the opening bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on December 6, 2018 in New York. - Wall Street opened sharply lower Thursday, joining a global stocks sell-off after the arrest of a key Chinese executive at Washington's request revived worries over trade tensions. About three minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 2.0 percent, nearly 500 points, to 24,532.25. The broad-based S&P 500 sank 1.9 percent to 2,648.04, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 2.2 percent to 7,002.02. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP)        (Photo credit should read BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)
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