date:Apr 17, 2013
pril 14 after China reported first quarter G.D.P. growth of 7.7%, which was below trade expectations and lower than in the fourth quarter of 2012. Equity indexes sank across the globe, with U.S. stock indexes down about 2% for the day. Gold futures fell about $140 an oz, or more than 9%, the largest one-day plunge in more than three decades to two-year lows, and crude oil futures fell about 3%.
U.S. stocks were further pressured after explosions near the end of the Boston Marathon that killed t