Stock Market Slides as Manufacturing Slump Deepens, Construction Spending Falls

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.24%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.75%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.25%. U.S. manufacturing continued its decline in July, with the Institute for Supply Management’s index…