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According to Reuters, the top markets on Wall Street slumped after the Commerce Department released disappointing economic data.
据路透社报道，美国商务部发布令人失望的经济数据之后，华尔街的主要股市纷纷暴跌oyU=~~.gf674^。
By the afternoon on March 4th, the top markets on the New York Stock Exchange were trading down between half a percent and 1-percent each.
截至3月4号下午，纽约证券交易所的主要股市分别下跌0.5-1个百分点%vF4Vi+UJf]#P。

The Dow Jones Industrial Average led losses, dropping 260-points, while falling to 25,766.
道琼斯工业指数的跌幅最大，下跌260点，降至25766点mMTK1tG!aF;pL4。
The S&P 500 lost about 20-points, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 44-points.
纳斯达克综合指数下跌了44点的同时，标准普尔500指数大约损失了20点wrc!&fD60ePp6。
The markets began to decline after the Commerce Department said construction spending fell by half a percent late last year.
美国商务部表示去年年末的建筑支出下降了0.5个百分点之后，各大股市开始下跌-AUH0lID!pNnn_。

词语解释

1.slump v. （价格、价值、数量等）骤降，猛跌，锐减

例句：Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand.
因需求量大幅下降，全国的工人都开工不足qlkRx3ENFJWTe2YN|fn。

2.composite n. 合成物；混合物；复合材料

例句：China is a composite of multifarious traditions and people.
中国是多种传统和多个民族的合成体oI2@qrvOOoC=JXN。