Stocks fell Friday, putting the market on track to end its worst quarter since the peak of the financial crisis.
The Dow Jones industrial average is down 74 points, or 0.7 percent, at 11,080 at 12:45 p.m. Eastern time. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have all lost more than 10 percent this quarter, the first time that's happened since the financial crisis crested at the end of 2008.
Markets have been wracked this summer by growing fears about a possible default by Greece and the increasing likelihood of a global recession. Uneven economic data have touched off sudden bouts of buying and selling.
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