US stocks drop on Fitch announcement

On Wednesday US equities experienced a decline during last trading hour as Fitch Ratings reported that US banking industry is exposed to contagion form Euro region debt crisis. S&P 500 dropped 1.7% or 21 points, Dow Jones industrial average lost 1.6% or 191 points, while Nasdaq composit slipped 1.7% or 47 points. During the day investors attempted dump bonds of most European countries except Germany.