Wall Street plunges on weak retail sales, Citi
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Stocks plunged on Tuesday after a record quarterly loss at top U.S. bank Citigroup Inc and a surprise drop in December retail sales fueled fears that the economy was heading into a recession.
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Citigroup Inc. shares fell as much as 2.75 percent Monday after a prominent Wall Street analyst downgraded the world&#39;s largest financial services company, citing a string of recent ethics problems.
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Mortgage and shopping blues combine to push stocks lower.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday, with major indexes falling by their biggest margin in months, amid concern about Google Inc.'s  valuation and doubts about holiday spending after a disappointing sales estimate from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. .
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Consumers put away their wallets in June, sending retail sales plunging by the sharpest amount in nearly two years. Sales of autos, furniture and building supplies all fell, highlighting the economy's weak spots.
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U.S. chain store retail sales fell in the latest week as unseasonable weather caused sales to slow a retail report said on Tuesday.
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Wall Street stocks fell in midday trade on Wednesday as pending home sales fell to their lowest level since September 2001 and the defensive mood was reinforced by a lower estimate of private-sector job creation in August.
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Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Friday after a cautious earnings outlook at American Express (NYSE:AXP) added to worries that US consumer spending is headed for a sharp slowdown.
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Wall Street stock indexes declined on Wednesday after weak employment data and a record drop in a home sales index heightened concern that turmoil in the subprime mortgage market was hurting the wider U.S. economy.
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Stocks slid sharply on Tuesday after Merrill Lynch cut its rating on three investment banks, while housing and consumer confidence data added to doubts about the economy's health.
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The Dow industrials and the Nasdaq slipped Friday on concerns about retail spending after an index of consumer sentiment fell to a 16-year low.
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Stocks tumbled after a weak sales estimate by Wal-Mart spurred concerns about the holiday shopping season.
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Stock futures pointed to a fall on Wall Street as two major retailers delivered downbeat forecasts, while investors awaited data on existing home sales and consumer confidence.
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Stocks tumbled on Tuesday, with the S&P and Nasdaq falling more than 2 percent, after a report showing a decline in retail sales bolstered the market's suspicions the economy was heading into a recession.
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Wall Street stocks were set for a weak start on Wednesday, after contained consumer inflation pressure in June was unable to offset a string of lacklustre earnings reports.
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Stocks fell sharply on Friday, capping a third consecutive weekly decline, on a warning by American Express Co  of mounting credit-card defaults and a slowdown in consumer spending.
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Shares of Citigroup Inc  and  other financial companies suffered broad declines for a second  day on Tuesday, as evidence mounted that borrowers are spending  less and falling behind on more payments, and the U.S. economy  might be near or in recession.