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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 02: Stock market numbers are displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 02, 2024 in New York City. Stocks closed low after the July jobs report showed a slow down in the labor market, with the Dow Jones closing with a loss of over 600 points after being nearly down 1000 points and Nasdaq closing at a loss of over 400 points.   Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
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Sea of red as ASX 200 dives 3.7 per cent on US recession fears

Bloodbath across the board as the local sharemarket plunges with the ASX 200  down 3.7 per cent to a two-month low of 7649.6 in its worst day since May 2020. Global investors dump shares after US falls. Tokyo plunges 14  per cent in its worst day since the 1987 crash. Woodside buying OCI Clean Ammonia for $US2.35bn.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire photos AUGUST 29, 2023: ASX in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

ASX 200 inches up; tech stocks drop

Tigerlily collapses for second time. Annual GDP growth slowest since 2000, excluding pandemic. Qantas fined $250,000 for discrimination. Iress down after dismissing takeover talk.

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