Dow dips as brokers downgrade three top blue-chips
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BROKER downgrades of three blue-chip stocks and a rise in crude oil futures pushed US stocks lower yesterday as investors looked for a clear sign that Wall Street would continue its year-end rally.
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The blue-chip Dow average fell to a  new intraday low for the year on Friday as oil prices climbed  to another record and Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O dragged on  stocks after the software maker's revenue forecast lagged  analysts' expectations.
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Blue chips closed lower Friday after a volatile last hour of trade, as rumours of financial troubles among hedge funds unnerved the market, causing a reversal of earlier solid gains, with Wall Street holding up but coming off highs.
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U.S. technology stocks fell in light  trading on Thursday after a brokerage cut its forecast for the  semiconductor industry, while blue chips were flat as a  continued drop in oil prices eased investor worries.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell  on Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil flirted with last month's record high and a key gauge of future economic activity fell for a third straight month.
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U.S. stocks were knocked lower on  Monday, with the Dow dipping briefly below 10,000, as record  high oil prices threatened to hurt corporate profits and a  brokerage downgrade hit semiconductor shares.
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U.S. technology shares fell and blue-chip stocks pared gains on Thursday, with shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.  down after brokerage downgrades of the stock.
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U.S. blue chips ended lower on Monday  as stock investors shrugged off lower oil prices to focus  instead on a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores,  but the cheaper crude sent bond and gold prices lower.
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U.S. blue chip stocks fell on Tuesday, the first day of trading in September, before a key economic report that is expected to show a dip in manufacturing activity last month.
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Stocks dropped on Wednesday, pushing the Dow industrial average below 12,000 for the first time since November on worries over the worsening subprime mortgage market.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as a brokerage's downgrades of investment banks and renewed credit concerns hit shares of financial companies, while data fueled doubts about the economy's outlook.
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U.S. stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, pushing all three major indexes down 1 percent, as mounting losses in the subprime mortgage sector caused investors to sell riskier assets.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks slid lower on  Thursday, pulled down by industrial bellwether Caterpillar Inc.  CAT.N, but technology shares remained higher after eBay Inc.  EBAY.O posted strong earnings.
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Blue chips fell on Monday as investors  fretted over higher oil prices and companies warning of lower  earnings, but buying of semiconductor shares helped to reverse  Nasdaq's losses.
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The Dow industrial average turned lower on Tuesday, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were little changed as concerns about fallout from the housing slump on the economy's outlook cut short an earlier bounce.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell  on  Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil flirted with  last month's record high and a key gauge of future economic  activity fell for a third straight month.
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Stocks fell on Friday after liquidity trouble at a UK mortgage lender put financial stocks back in the hot seat, while downgrades of Intel Corp  and American Express Co  weighed down blue chips.