Stocks pare losses after factory data
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Stocks trimmed some losses on Thursday after the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index for February came in stronger than analysts' forecast.
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US stocks pared earlier losses but remained in negative territory in mid-morning trade on Monday, the last trading day of the year, as investors digested fresh data on the housing market.
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Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday after data showing higher-than-expected labor costs fueled concern that inflation and rising interest rates will harm corporate earnings.
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Stocks fell on Thursday after a report   showed factory activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region   unexpectedly shrank in September for the first time in over   three years, prompting worries about a slowdown in the U.S.   economy and corporate profits.
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday after weaker-than-expected durable goods data raised concerns about the outlook for the economy and profits.
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Stocks fell on Friday as investors   worried that the economy may get bruised by a   sharper-than-expected slowdown, which prompted them to sell   shares of big industrial companies such as heavy equipment   maker Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N.
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Stocks pared losses in late morning trading and the S&P 500 index briefly turned positive on Thursday as investors scoured the beaten-down market for cheap stocks.
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U.S. stocks fell 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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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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U.S. stocks slid on Friday after a manufacturing index showed its weakest reading in more than three years, prompting worries about the strength of the U.S. economy.
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U.S. stocks slid on Thursday after a   report said factory activity contracted in the U.S.   Mid-Atlantic region in September for the first time in over   three years, prompting worries about a slowdown in the U.S.   economy and corporate profits.
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U.S. stocks slid on Friday after a manufacturing index showed its weakest reading in more than three years, hurting shares of manufacturers like 3M Co.  and Caterpillar Inc., and adding to worries the U.S. economy was slowing too quickly.
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Weak manufacturing data heighten worries about the U.S. economy.
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Stocks dropped 1 percent on the first trading day of the new year on Wednesday after U.S. factory activity data underscored concern about the economic slowdown and oil near $99 a barrel renewed worries about the impact of energy costs on consumer spending.
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Stocks dropped sharply on Thursday as a plunge in regional factory activity and a hefty loss at Merrill Lynch further clouded an increasingly dire view of the economy.
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Stocks slid on Thursday as data showing a sharp contraction of regional factory activity and news of a hefty loss by brokerage Merrill Lynch fanned worries about the economy.
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Investors turned to profit-taking yesterday, leaving stocks mixed after nearly two weeks of solid gains. Another drop in oil prices limited the market&#39;s losses.