It was the largest one-day decline for the issue in three months.
But a one-day decline in currency values will not be sufficient to revive Europe.
The fall was the biggest one-day decline since the stock began trading in 1988.
Good economic news set off the market's one-day decline.
Mexico's benchmark stock index fell 4.3 percent, its biggest one-day decline in more than three years.
The drop was the fourth-biggest one-day decline in points this year.
The 5.8 percent slide was the steepest one-day decline since January.
It was the biggest one-day decline since the Persian Gulf war in 1991.
It was the sharpest one-day decline since May 2003.
The drop marked the biggest one-day decline since 1991.