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The Nasdaq Composite, the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 are either bleeding into bear-market territory or teetering on the edge.

Small-cap stocks closed Thursday's session in a bear market. The Russell 2000 index fell 6.6% on Thursday, marking its biggest daily percentage decline since March 2020. The index comprises small-cap ...

The Russell 2000 (RTY) sank into a bear market Thursday, the first key gauge of U.S. stocks to drop at least 20% from its most-recent closing high, with the Trump administration’s plan for global ...

Small-cap stocks, once seen as top beneficiaries of President Donald Trump’s policies, have now officially entered ...

With a pair of U.S. stock indexes already in a bear market, investors should be on alert for more potential pain to come in ...

The Russell 2000 was on track to close in bear market territory on Thursday. The small-cap index was down 5.5% to 1,933.63, on track to close below the 1,953.62 level that would signify a 20% decline ...

The Russell 2000 Index plunged 6.6% Thursday and is now ... is a huge hit for small caps,” said Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading. “While the group is expected ...

The Russell 2000 index has officially entered bear market territory, falling more than 20% from its all-time high in late November 2024. The benchmark for small-cap US stocks has dropped 6.47%, ...

Small-cap stocks, once seen as top beneficiaries of President Trump's policies, on Thursday officially entered bear-market territory. The benchmark Russell 2000 index RUT slumped nearly 22% from ...

The Russell 2000 (RTY) sank into a bear market Thursday, the first key gauge of U.S. stocks to drop at least 20% from its most-recent closing high, with the Trump administration’s plan for ...