Market clings to gains as subprime woes weigh
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Mounting concerns about the subprime mortgage market knocked stocks down from highs on Friday, but major indexes held onto positive ground on a report showing a resilient job market.
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Stocks were little changed on Friday as a declining appetite for risk and concerns about the subprime mortgage market offset optimism about data showing steady job growth.
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Investors still appeared skittish ahead of the Federal Reserveâs interest rate decision.
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US stocks were modestly firmer by mid-morning on Monday, but investors remained in a cautious mood, amid uncertainly over the possible exposure of US financial institutions to losses associated with mortgage-backed securities.
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Investors again succumbed to nervousness about souring subprime loans and rising interest rates.
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Longer-dated Treasuries clung to modest gains on Friday despite data on US retail sales and consumer sentiment that showed underlying strength in consumption heading into the fourth quarter.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday after data showed deterioration in the employment and housing markets, underscoring concern that problems of the subprime mortgage market were spreading to the wider economy.
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Turmoil in credit and housing has obscured a rise in prices.
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Not everyone wants the market to keep going up.
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Stocks turned lower on Friday as lingering worries about losses in the subprime mortgage lending sector overshadowed signs of continued strength in the U.S. job market.
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The dollar so far has brushed off  signs the U.S. property market could be overheating as house  prices keep rising quickly and consumer demand stays robust.
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Stocks ended mixed on Friday as investors worried about mounting concerns about the outlook for subprime mortgage lenders, but a government report showing continued strength in job growth lent some support.
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Stocks barely budged in the early afternoon on Friday as concerns about fewer buyout financings and the subprime mortgage industry overshadowed earlier optimism about the economy and inflation.
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Subprime worries returned to haunt the banking sector Friday even as the FTSE 100 recorded its sixth consecutive session of gains.
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Stocks slid on Wednesday as worries grew about how far troubles in the subprime mortgage market could spread, a day after Bear Stearns said two hedge funds with big bets on the sector were nearly worthless.
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Fresh troubles in the subprime segment of the US housing market have ignited fears of contagion that could affect the financial sector and possibly the broader economy, analysts say.
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Treasuries prices clung to modest  gains on Wednesday as the market looked past mixed data on U.S.  business investment to focus on high oil prices and an auction  of new government debt.