U.S. Stocks Finish Mixed After Global Market Selloff

U.S. stocks ended mixed in a choppy trading session after fears about China’s property sector helped fuel a broad and punishing selloff at the start of the week.

Markets began the week on a tumultuous note. Worries about China Evergrande Group , which has the biggest debt burden of any publicly traded real-estate management or development company in the world, prompted a rush out of relatively risky assets such as stocks and commodities.