Wall St ends down in rocky session as U.S. bans Russian oil imports

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 184.74 points, or 0.56%, to 32,632.64, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 30.39 points, or 0.72%, to 4,170.7 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 35.41 points, or 0.28%, to 12,795.55.

NEW YORK: Major U.S. stock indexes ended lower in rocky trading on Tuesday, as investors weighed fast-paced developments around the crisis in Ukraine as the United States banned Russian oil and other energy imports over the invasion.

Losses accelerated into the end of Tuesday's up-and-down session, a day after steep declines that saw the tech-heavy Nasdaq confirm it was in a bear market. The benchmark S&P 500 fell for a fourth straight session.