Stocks End September Down 9.3 Percent, Worst Month Since March 2020

Stocks End September Down 9.3 Percent, Worst Month Since March 2020
Pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange in the Manhattan borough of New York on May 5, 2022. John Minchillo/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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Wall Street closed out a miserable September on Friday with the S&P 500’s worst monthly skid since March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic crashed global markets.

The benchmark index ended the month with a 9.3 percent loss and posted its third straight losing quarter. It’s now at its lowest level since November 2020 and is down by more than a quarter since the start of the year.