US stocks fall for a second straight day

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the afternoon of December 11, 2015 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed out more than 300 points down. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Stocks dropped for a second straight day on Friday following another drop in oil prices and rising worries about the global economy ahead of Britain’s referendum on whether to stay in the European Union.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 119.37 points, or 0.66 percent, to 17,865.82, the S&P 500 lost 19.35 points, or 0.91 percent, to 2,096.13 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 64.07 points, or 1.29 percent, to 4,894.55.