Wall St. tumbles as economic stimulus gets OK
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US stock markets tumbled heavily in the week to Friday, giving Wall Street a fresh battering, despite Congress granting a green light to a giant economic stimulus package sought by the White House.
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The Dow industrial average turned lower on Tuesday, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were little changed as concerns about fallout from the housing slump on the economy's outlook cut short an earlier bounce.
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Stocks tumbled Tuesday, continuing the abysmal start to the new year, as investors eyed a sharp jump in consumer credit and a warning from AT&T about its consumer business - and opted to bail out of a variety of sectors.
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Stocks plunged as investors grew more uneasy about the economy and about whether the Federal Reserve will take steps to prevent credit market problems from spreading.
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Wall Street sinks even as the Fed chairman said slower U.S. growth will give way to a rebound in 2008.
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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. stocks sank on Wednesday, with the Dow getting off to its worst-ever start to a year, after data showed a surprise contraction in manufacturing and oil surged to $100 a barrel, raising the specter of stagflation.
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U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, with investors uncertain that equities could avert further losses amid lingering concerns about economic growth and fallout from a slowing housing market.
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Wall Street shares slid at the open Tuesday after a surprisingly weak reading on US service sector activity intensified fears about a recession in the world's biggest economy.
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The economy looks pretty good. Wall Street weeps.
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Asian markets plunged Wednesday after a steep drop on Wall Street overnight fanned investors' fears the U.S. economy was sliding into a recession
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Stocks dropped on Friday as investors tempered their optimism that the economy could avoid recession, and locked in profits on banking and pharmaceutical shares after two days of sharp gains.
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Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Friday after a disappointing earnings outlook at American Express (NYSE:AXP) compounded worries that the US economy is heading for a sharp slowdown.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Friday on signs   the economy may be slowing more sharply than previously   thought, threatening corporate profits, including those of   large industrial companies.
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NEW YORK, June 12 -- Wall Street plunged Tuesday as investors drove the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 130 points while grappling with a seemingly relentless rise in bond yields.
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Retail stocks fell on Thursday as  analysts said a proposed $150 billion U.S. economic stimulus  package aimed at averting a recession will provide little  relief for struggling retailers and cash-strapped consumers.
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Wall Street was hit hard by a disappointing jobs report.