Stocks fall as brokers downgrade blue chips
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Oil supply concerns and broker downgrades of blue-chip companies left stocks mixed yesterday, raising doubts Wall Street&#39;s year- end rally would continue.
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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 Monday  as oil prices nudged higher and as drug maker Pfizer Inc.  PFE.N and aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. AA.N were hit by  broker downgrades.
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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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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 closed lower on  Thursday, snapping a two-day winning streak, as disappointing  earnings from companies such as Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N put  pressure on the Dow.
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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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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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Brokerage announces weaker-than-expected results dragged lower by a writedown in the value of some of its assets.
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U.S. blue chips trimmed earlier gains  on Monday after a report showed an unexpected drop in November  construction spending, while a brokerage downgrade of Sun  Microsystems SUNW.O hurt the tech-heavy Nasdaq.
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U.S. blue chips fell on Wednesday as a steep decline in commodity prices and lower crude oil dented shares of Alcoa Inc.  and Exxon Mobil Corp., outweighing strong earnings from McDonald's Corp. .
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Stocks declined on Monday, led lower by financial shares, as a rush by savers to withdraw deposits at a large British mortgage lender fueled worries the credit market turmoil would spread.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday, as banks and brokers retreated on concerns about the impact of tightening credit on takeovers and the subprime mortgage industry.
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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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Stocks fell on Monday, with the Dow  dipping briefly below 10,000, as oil prices climbed,  threatening to shrink corporate profits, and a brokerage  downgrade hurt semiconductor shares.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday as worries over the worsening subprime mortgage market fueled more caution, setting the Dow Jones industrial average on course to drop below the 12,000 level for the first time since November.
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UK blue chips reversed earlier gains Wednesday to close lower, tracking Wall Street's sharp decline as Merrill Lynch's big write-down raised concern over other banks' exposure to the credit markets.