MINNESOTA STOCKS TUMBLE, TOO
After Thursday's market freefall, 89 of the Star Tribune 100 companies finished down while 11 were gainers. Both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 dropped 3.2 percent. The Bloomberg Star Tribune 100 index lost 2.5 percent. Here's a selected list.
LOSERS
NamePX lastchg pct 1d
Supervalu Inc.13.99-6.7
Patterson Cos. Inc.29.53-5.2
Ameriprise Financial Inc.43.68-4.0
Fastenal Co.51.35-3.7
U.S. Bancorp25.48-3.6
Best Buy Co. Inc.41.51-3.2
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