Dow, S&P 500 book worst day in 3 weeks, Nasdaq tumbles 2.8% ahead of key inflation number
US stocks tumbled late Thursday to close sharply lower, with the Nasdaq skidding 2.8%, as jittery investors looked ahead to a reading on May inflation due Friday morning. What happened The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.94% tumbled 638.11 points or 1.9%, to close at 32,272.79 The S&P 500 SPX, -2.38% skidded 97.95 points, or…