Money | stock market Dow Plunges on Fears Over Europe, Korea May close below 10,000 By Kevin Spak Posted May 25, 2010 8:37 AM CDT Copied Specialist Gerard Petti, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) The Dow opened below 10,000 today—a mark it hasn't closed below since February—as investors panicked over the conflict between North and South Korea and instability in European banks. The Dow fell 238 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq dropped 23 and 53 points respectively, according to the Wall Street Journal. Oil slid to $68 a barrel over fears about global demand, and the euro hit a four-year low. Read These Next Noem, Pritzker clash after agents shoot woman in Chicago. A naughty rabbit kicked off the 51st season of Saturday Night Live. A Delta flight got wild with an allegedly unruly passenger. Mark Sanchez hospitalized after stabbing. Report an error