Wall St slips after run on British bank
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U.S. stocks dropped on Monday, led by financial shares, as a rush by savers to withdraw deposits at a large British mortgage lender fueled concerns that turmoil in the credit markets would spread.
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Leading shares closed weaker, albeit off lows, with Wall Street mixed as it recovered, after an initial drop on falling durable goods orders, with a Northern Rock profit warning initiating a UK banking sector slump.
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Stocks dropped in early trading, with Wall Street taking few chances amid concerns that shrinking credit is hurting the economy.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, hit by losses in financial companies after Bank of America Corp  reported a sharp drop in earnings, stoking concern the credit crunch was dragging on profits and the economy.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday in the latest leg of a global equities sell-off as investors' diminishing appetite for risk drove them to safer assets like bonds.
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UK blue chips have closed lower, with a cautious morning by Wall Street and sliding commodity stocks outweighing another scattering of M&amp;A stories and pulling the FTSE 100 back from Friday's six-year highs.
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Blue chips closed lower off highs as Wall Street remained lower with interest rate sensitive sectors such as retailers bearing the brunt of the falls with a disappointing update from DSG International helping to weigh down the FTSE 100.
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UK blue-chips ended down on Monday, with AB Foods dropping after its trading update, while US stocks fell for a second session in a row as Federal Reserve speeches did little to ease investor concerns over the outlook for the economy.
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London equities fell on Tuesday, ending a four-sesison rally as banking stocks handed back a portion of their gains during their recent strong run.
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London shares traded sharply lower on Wednesday as investors cautiously awaited Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke&#39;s semi-annual testimony to Congress and Tate &amp; Lyle led FTSE fallers after posting flat profits.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, after a sharp drop in Bank of America Corp's  earnings stoked worries about the impact of the credit crunch on profits and the economy.
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European shares slipped back in light trading with the London Stock Exchange closed for a bank holiday and New York investors expected to take it easy while the Republican convention is in town.
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UK blue chips closed lower Thursday having spent much of the afternoon tracking Wall Street which was unsettled by rising oil prices and mixed economic data, but overall were subdued amid ongoing interest rate concerns at home.
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Leading shares closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker after investors received mixed news on US housing data, with Tesco remaining down in the blue chips following disappointing first-quarter UK sales growth.
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London equities fell in opening trade on Wednesday, after Northern Rock&#39;&#39;s latest guidance on full year profit growth dipped below analysts&#39; forecasts, adding to concern about a slowing housing market.
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Wall Street stocks were mixed yesterday, having pared early losses, after a big fall in profits at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) added to woes in the financial sector and weighed on investor confidence.
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Stocks declined on Monday, led by financial shares, as a rush by savers to withdraw deposits at a large British mortgage lender fueled worries that the credit market turmoil would spread.