The Dow has now lost 1,682.29 points in four sessions / Photo from 6abc.com
The Dow Jones Industrial Average's DJIA, -1.29% late-day selloff Tuesday was historic, as the index closed down more than 200 points for the fourth-straight session, the longest such streak its 119-year history, according to the WSJ's markets data group, MarketWatch wrote.
The Dow has now lost 1,682.29 points in four sessions, the biggest four-day point loss since the worst week of the financial crisis, when it lost 1,746.19 from Oct. 6 to Oct. 9, 2008, MarketWatch writer Tomi Kilgore reported.
The Dow slid 204.91 points on Tuesday, erasing an intraday gain of 441.59 points hit around 11:23 a.m. Eastern. It lost 588.40 points on Monday, 530.94 points on Friday and 358.04 points on Thursday, while "only" shedding 162.61 points last Wednesday and 33.84 points last Tuesday.