The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged over 1,000 points (more than 5 percent) in the first moments of trading Monday, before recovering by several hundred points. The benchmark index is still down hundreds of points today. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq opened down more than 8 percent, and the S&P 500 fell more than 5 percent, before recovering a bit.
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