Dow JonesDow Jones Today Slumps as Italian Political Instability Rocks Markets May 29, 2018 by Garrett Baldwin The Dow Jones today fell over150 points in premarket trading as a political crisis in Italy threatened the economic stability of the Eurozone. Hours before a populist coalition was expected to take control of the Italian parliament, Italian President Sergio Mattarella refused to appoint a euroskeptic economist to an important government post, forcing a breakdown of the coalition.