On a day when many people will look to see what happens with the Dow Jones, the NYT is avoiding the carnage. At least it is avoiding the ticker's carnage! The ticker is posting the closing results from Friday, not the current state of the index. Neither their font (web) page not their business page show any Dow tickers as they usually do!
If a 240-point drop is to be expected following a substantial intervention by the Fed, what would happen sans such an intervention?