(Reuters) - Stocks tumbled on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 sliding 2 percent and on pace for a sixth day of declines on anxiety over the euro zone crisis and weak Chinese data.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI dropped 209.79 points, or 1.83 percent, to 11,283.93. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX fell 24.02 points, or 2.02 percent, to 1,164.02. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXICtumbling 52.99 points, or 2.10 percent, to 2,468.29.

(Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

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