Credit concerns drive shares down
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Stocks tumbled on Wednesday as a steep quarterly loss at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.  and executives' warnings about possible future problems deepened investors' concern about the credit crisis.
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Stocks looked set to follow European  and Asian markets lower on Wednesday after a British lender  took a write-down and an arm of KKR private equity group said  it had to delay debt repayments, sparking new worries for  financial shares.
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Mortgage and shopping blues combine to push stocks lower.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday after Standard & Poor's downgraded its rating outlook on several bond insurers, suggesting further potential turmoil in the financial sector.
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Stocks fell on Thursday after disappointing results from Comcast  and engine maker Cummins  fed worries about corporate profits, while fears of more credit losses hit financial shares.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday after a report showing a decline in retail sales underscored worries about a recession and Citigroup Inc's  loss hurt financial shares.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as doubts grew about a plan by global central banks to unfreeze credit markets, sending financial shares lower.
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Stocks slid in early trading amid renewed fears that financial companies will suffer larger-than-expected write-downs from credit market troubles.
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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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Stocks slid on Friday as investors  sold shares on concerns about increasing risk aversion in  global financial markets.
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London equities tracked Wall Street sharply lower on Tuesday as growing concerns about the health of the US subprime lending sector harried the financials sector and resurrected fears of a wider slowdown.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as doubts grew that a plan by global central banks to thaw credit markets could work, sending financial shares lower.
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Fears of a US slowdown and mortgage market woes prompt a share slump in Europe, Asia and Wall Street.
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Stocks suffered their biggest drop in nearly a year on Tuesday after data showed the worst monthly contraction in the services sector since the last U.S. recession and Standard &amp; Poor's warned it could cut bank credit ratings.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday, hurt by a decline in heavily-weighted energy shares and climbing bond yields, which reignited concerns about higher interest rates and their impact on corporate profits.
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London stock markets fell on Friday, with banks exerting downward pressure after further credit market-related shocks in the sector.
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Stocks skidded in early trading after weak economic news and a disappointing quarterly report from Citigroup stirred renewed concerns of recession.