Stocks are closing sharply lower after investors delivered their verdict on disappointing job growth in March. It's only the second four-day losing streak of the year for the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500.
European debt flared again as a worry for Wall Street and has driven stocks to their worst loss in a month. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 125 points, and the price of gold plunged to its lowest level since January.
Stocks have ended pretty much where they started on Wall Street, a day after the market had its biggest gain of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average eked out an increase of 16.42 points, its sixth consecutive day of gains. The Dow ended at 13,194.10, a gain of 0.1 percent.