[U.S. Stock Market's Three Major Indexes Plunge, IBM Drops 13%] Jin10 Data, February 24 – On Monday's U.S. stock market close, the three major indexes opened lower and continued to decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average preliminarily closed down 1.66%, the S&P 500 Index fell 1.04%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 1.13%. Precious metals and non-ferrous sectors led the gains, while application software and information technology services saw the largest declines. IBM (IBM.N) plunged 13%, marking its largest single-day drop since 2000. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index fell nearly 1%. Adobe (ADBE.O) and Oracle (ORCL.N) dropped approximately 4.6%, Salesforce (CRM.N) fell 3.7%, and Microsoft (MSFT.O) declined 3.2%.