Stocks Hammered In Final Minutes Of The Day: Here's What You Need To Know Joe Weisenthal May 24, 2010, 4:00 PM On Friday, things were looking mixed until the final moments of the day, and then stocks surged. Today, it was the reverse. After only being down modestly, stocks really got hit hard in the final 15 minutes of trading But first, the scoreboard: Dow: -1276 (-1.24%) S&P 500: -14 (-1.29%) NASDAQ: -15.49 (-.7%) And now to the day's top stories: * Today's markets were characterized by calm selling, which is a departure from last week's panic selling, but also...