Money | Dow Jones Dow Drops 53 on Weak Jobs Data Dow recovers from 188-point drop By Nick McMaster Posted Feb 25, 2010 3:19 PM CST Copied Specialist James Ahrens works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Stocks dropped sharply after the Labor Department reported an unexpected uptick in weekly jobless claims, but a recovery in commodities-related stocks helped the broader market trim its losses, Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow closed down 53 points at 10,321. The Nasdaq lost 2 points, settling at 2,234. The S&P 500 also dropped 2 points to close at 1,103. Read These Next Rudy Giuliani has 'some healing to do.' Something weird is happening in the Gulf of Panama. Amazon Prime members, you may not be happy with this news. A House panel has released a batch of Epstein files. Report an error