Dow has worst day in 3 years
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Stocks tumbled across the board Tuesday, with the Dow industrials sinking about 500 points at one point. It closed 415 points down -- the biggest one-day drop in three years. The New York Stock Exchange tried to limit declines by imposing trading curbs. The selloff is on the back of a nearly eight-month rally.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday after a manufacturing index from the Institute for Supply Management showed its weakest reading in more than three years. For details, see ID:nWEN0600
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A plunge in Chinese stocks rippled across global markets yesterday, triggering a massive wave of selling in the United States that sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 3.3 percent, or 416 points, its biggest decline since March 2003.
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Wall Street was near its lows Tuesday afternoon, with the Dow down over 300 points.
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US oil and gas stock mutual funds are set for their worst third-quarter performance in four years, but emerging markets and rate-sensitive sectors such as real estate and financials are likely to see strong gains.
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Stock markets fell for a third consecutive day as investors confronted new chapters of a well-worn story: the economy is in trouble.
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NEW YORK, March 2 -- The Dow Jones industrial average ended its worst weekly performance in four years Friday, as technology stocks sank and the yen continued to rally against the dollar.
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Airline and mining stocks were the worst hit in Monday trading.
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AFTER a rollercoaster of a ride today the share market ended in negative territory on a frenzy of profit taking in the afternoon. Retailers were hardest hit following disappointing sales figures released yesterday
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US stocks were set for more pain on Friday as heightened credit concerns and fresh bad economic news weighed on investor sentiment.
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It was a bad week for the stock market until Friday, and then it got much worse.
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The Dow was down more than 200 points at one point today as earnings reports from Wachovia and Caterpillar disappointed investors.
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U.S. stocks slid on Friday after a manufacturing index showed its weakest reading in more than three years, hurting shares of manufacturers like 3M Co.  and Caterpillar Inc., and adding to worries the U.S. economy was slowing too quickly.
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Friday is the 20th anniversary of the October 1987 stock market crash, the largest ever one-day fall in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Analysts continue to argue over the causes, and programme trading was accused of turning a decline into a rout. Some blamed the great hurricane that stopped London's traders getting to work the previous Friday - they had to wait until the Monday to react to continuing sharp falls in the markets.
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The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 306.95 points Thursday as investors confronted new chapters of a well-worn story: the economy is in trouble.
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U.S. stocks sank on Wednesday, with the Dow getting off to its worst-ever start to a year, after data showed a surprise contraction in manufacturing and oil surged to $100 a barrel, raising the specter of stagflation.
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Stocks fell for a third straight session on Friday as concern over rising defaults in the subprime mortgage industry drove down financial services shares and the price of oil hit a 2007 high.