NEW YORK, March 5, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Traders work at New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, the United States, on March 5, 2020. U.S. stocks plunged in choppy trading on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 969.58 points, or 3.58 percent, to 26,121.28. The S&P 500 fell 106.18 points, or 3.39 percent, to 3,023.94. The Nasdaq Composite Index erased 279.49 points, or 3.10 percent, to 8,738.60. EYEVINE / LEHTIKUVA / MICHAEL NAGLE