Retailers, Banks Lower Stocks
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as giant  retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N declined on disappointing  quarterly sales while news of a sharp rise in October producer  prices fanned inflation fears.
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U.S. stocks edged lower on Thursday,   dragged down by drug store shares after Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   WMT.N announced it was slashing prices of generic drugs in   Florida.
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The Dow industrials briefly fell into negative territory, led down by banks, in midday trading on Friday. Stocks sharply pared gains earlier in the day after weaker-than-expected data on new home sales.
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Wall Street stocks moved mostly lower Monday on a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as investors worried that oil prices would cut consumer spending and hurt companies&#39; third-quarter profits.
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The FTSE 100 closed sharply lower Tuesday -- its lowest level for over a year -- as a 9.8 billion dollars Q4 loss from Citigroup and weaker than expected retail sales sent the Dow into an early three-figure dive, with retailers back in the spotlight after Christmas trading updates from Tesco and Debenhams.
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Stocks declined sharply today as mixed post-Thanksgiving results from retailers fed into concerns about the slowing economy.
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Stocks slid on Tuesday as the subprime  mortgage crisis escalated, undermining banking shares, while  Home Depot Inc.  and other housing-related companies  lowered their outlooks.
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as concern about the extent of the housing market's slowdown unleashed a sell-off in shares of mortgage lenders and hurt shares of big banks like Citigroup Inc. .
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Stocks declined on Wednesday after retailer Target Inc  cut its December sales view and a private report on U.S. home prices suggested the housing slump was far from over.
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Blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday as uncertainty about when the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates hurt financial shares, while a brokerage's downgrade hit shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc .
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U.S. stocks fell on Monday as investors worried about a soft retail environment after a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  and a rise in crude oil prices.
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U.S. stocks were slightly lower on  Wednesday after government reports for July on durable goods  orders and new home sales cast some doubt on the strength of  the economy.
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U.S. stock futures slipped on Monday, suggesting a weaker start on Wall Street, as investors worried about a soft retail environment after a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  and a rise in crude oil prices.
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Stocks plunged Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrials down 200 points and erasing the gains from the past three sessions, as troubles for subprime lenders kept piling up and U.S. retail sales came in weaker than anticipated.
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Wall Street stocks declined on Tuesday, after major retailers lowered their sales forecasts, house prices fell at their sharpest pace for sixteen years and existing home sales fell to a five-year low.
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Mortgage and shopping blues combine to push stocks lower.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday after a weaker-than-expected consumer sentiment reading raised worries about the outlook for spending.