Dow plunges over 300 points in early trading

The Markets Are Not Having a Good Start to 2016 https://t.co/J13I96Vnix via @DJAliMeyer pic.twitter.com/NexU7ru4pn

— Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) January 15, 2016

Dow plunges over 300 points in early trading: https://t.co/8JiJwowN53 pic.twitter.com/A2P4X1Mg7E

— SFGate (@SFGate) January 15, 2016

U.S. stocks are opening sharply lower, led by steep declines in energy companies as the price oil takes another tumble. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 350 points, or 2 percent, to 16,028 as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 42 points, or 2.2 percent, to 1,879. The Nasdaq fell 117 points, or 2.5 percent, to 4,499.

STOCKS GET EVEN UGLIER... DEVELOPING... https://t.co/8rvDPdb4FL

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) January 15, 2016