NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes plunged on Thursday in their sixth straight day of declines with the S&P 500 confirming its fastest correction in history as the rapid global spread of coronavirus intensified investor worries about economic growth.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 1,197.43 points, or 4.44%, to 25,760.16, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 137.99 points, or 4.43%, to 2,978.4 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 414.30 points, or 4.61%, to 8,566.48.