Money Dow, stocks end sharply lower on Christmas Eve after weekend of Washington, D.C., turmoil December 24, 2018December 24, 2018Janna Herron, USA TODAYComments Off on Dow, stocks end sharply lower on Christmas Eve after weekend of Washington, D.C., turmoil The Standard & Poor's 500 is now 19.77 percent off its Sept. 20 high. A bear market is when an index falls 20 percent or more from its recent high.