In midday trading , the Dow Jones industrial average lost 68.84 , or 0.7 percent , to 9,248.80 .
In midday trading , the Dow Jones industrial average lost 68.84 , or 0.7 percent , to 9,248.80 .
After losing as much as 84.56 earlier , the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 22.81 , or 0.2 percent , at 9,340.45 .