Stocks drop as investors undo risky bets
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Stocks fell on Friday, setting Wall Street on course for its worst week in more than four years, as the diminishing appetite for riskier assets fueled a further rout in global equity markets.
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US stocks cut some losses late Friday afternoon as investors did some bargain hunting for drug stocks, which were beaten down to relatively cheap prices after a slew of negative reports earlier in the day.
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Stocks dropped on Friday as investors tempered optimism that the economy may avoid recession, and they locked in profits on banking and pharmaceutical shares after two days of sharp gains.
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Stocks fell on Friday, sending the Nasdaq down more than 1 percent, as investors worried that a diminishing appetite for riskier assets after this week's market rout will drive stocks down even more.
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Stocks slid sharply on Friday, after bellwether stocks such as Caterpillar and Google posted disappointing earnings.
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Investors turned to profit-taking yesterday, leaving stocks mixed after nearly two weeks of solid gains. Another drop in oil prices limited the market&#39;s losses.
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Stocks slipped on Monday as concern about the impact of the housing slump and credit squeeze hurt shares of financial companies.
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U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, with investors uncertain that equities could avert further losses amid lingering concerns about economic growth and fallout from a slowing housing market.
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Stock prices on Wall Street made a jittery recovery yesterday from a steep early morning fall that sent the Dow Jones industrial average plummeting more than 200 points.
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U.S. stocks retreated on Thursday,   with investors hesitant to make big bets on equities before   Friday's jobs report and as retailers reported mixed sales for   August.
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Investors, frightened by the prospect of a new subprime mortgage crisis that could dwarf the write-downs of the last few months, sent markets lower.
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Stocks fell on Thursday in the latest leg of a global equities sell-off as investors' diminishing appetite for risk drove them toward safer assets like bonds.
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Stocks fell on Friday, capping their worst week in more than four years, as a rapidly diminishing appetite for risk fueled the latest leg of a global equities sell-off.
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US STOCKS were knocked lower yesterday as investors worried that rising prices for oil and commodities would dent corporate profits, while drug shares fell on possible stricter scrutiny from regulators.
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Stock prices fell in early trading today with investors collecting some profits after Wednesday's gains.
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NEW YORK - With the much-ballyhooed initial public offering of Google Inc. behind them and oil chugging to a new record high, investors took a step back Thursday, sending stocks lower...
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Stocks fell on Friday as investors   worried that the economy will slow more sharply than expected,   prompting them to sell shares of big industrial companies such   as heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N.