Wall St tumbles at open on recession fears
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Stocks opened sharply lower on Friday as weaker-than-expected government data on December job growth heightened fears of a recession.
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Stocks closed at their lowest levels of the day, tumbling on the latest indicator of a U.S. recession.
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Stocks opened sharply lower on Wall Street after overseas markets fell over the last two days.
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Fears about the possibility of a recession in the US economy send Asian shares falling.
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Europe's main stock markets opened lower Wednesday following heavy losses on Wall Street and in Asia on growing concerns the US economy is heading into recession, dealers said.
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Stocks tumbled on Tuesday following recession worries that sparked a global equities sell-off, but the market regained some ground amid optimism over a surprise interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, with the Nasdaq logging its sharpest decline in nearly a year, after data showing rising unemployment stoked worries of a recession.
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U.S. stock index futures sank in  holiday-shortened trading on Monday as fear of a U.S. recession  gripped investors, indicating Wall Street was likely to join a  global equity markets plunge that may usher in a bear market  when trading resumes on Tuesday.
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Stocks opened lower on Thursday as a downgrade of Wal-Mart Stores  and uncertainty about when the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates rattled investors.
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Wall Street is expected to plunge at the opening bell today, extending huge losses from last week. Indicators show the Dow will fall by about 500 points when trading begins, the sharpest drop at the open for U.S. stocks since the first session after the 9/11 attacks. World markets also are plunging as traders fear the United States is headed for a recession.
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Stocks tumbled on Friday, with both the Dow and Nasdaq losing more than 2 percent, after a warning by American Express Co  of mounting credit-card defaults and a slowdown in consumer spending sounded the latest recession alarm.
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Stocks fell on the first trading day of the year on Wednesday after U.S. manufacturing data showed signs of contraction and oil hit $100 a barrel, raising the possibility of a recession in 2008.
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Stocks fell at the open on Wednesday after reports showing a surge in lay-offs and the slowest rate of private-sector hiring in more than four years raised concern about the employment picture.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday after a warning by phone company AT&T  of soft consumer spending sparked a new round of recession fears, helping drive the S&P to its worst-ever five-day start to a year.
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Wall Street extended its 2008 plunge Thursday, tumbling after a regional Federal Reserve report showed a sharp decline in manufacturing activity
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Stocks tanked Tuesday afternoon, after a report showing a big slowdown in the services sector of the economy amplified fears that a recession is underway or imminent.
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Stocks slid at the open on Wednesday on recession worries and a weak profit outlook from iPod maker Apple Inc as the Nasdaq composite index crossed a bear market threshold.