Stocks Have Miserable Day After House Vote.

The Dow Has Its Largest Single-Day Point Drop in History.

The day started with silence -- the iconic opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange failed to sound -- and things just got worse from there. A jittery stock market spent all the morning in negative territory as investors worried about the $700 billion bailout package before Congress today. By 1:40 p.m. it became clear that the House was not going to pass the bill and stocks went into a freefall; the Dow fell 400 points in 10 minutes, dropping 700 points below Friday's close.
In the end, the Dow lost more than 750 points, its worst single-day point drop ever. The previous worst point drop came on Sept. 17, 2001, the first day the market reopened after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.More