Stocks Lower in Light Trade
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U.S. stocks were lower in light volume  on Monday as investors, fretting about security for the  Republican convention, were reluctant to enter the market, and  many took vacation before the Labor Day holiday.
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U.S. stocks opened lower on Tuesday,  dragged down by oil prices at around $54 a barrel, while  Merrill Lynch & Co. MER.N and State Street Corp. STT.N both  reported lower quarterly profit.
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U.S. stocks edged lower on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected data on the U.S. services sector added to concerns about the state of the economy and pushed the Dow back from Tuesday's record high.
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U.S. stocks headed for a lower open Tuesday ahead of economic data on housing as well as a handful of quarterly results from blue chip names including Coca-Cola Co., Intel Corp. and Merrill Lynch.
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Wall Street stocks were set for a lacklustre start on Thursday after Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) slashed its full-year guidance and US retailers delivered some disappointing December sales figures.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday in light, choppy trading in an abbreviated session on inflation worries after the dollar slid. But the losses were partly offset by mining shares, which rose after gold prices gained.
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U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on  Wednesday, as mixed earnings results offset a batch of positive  economic reports.
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U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on  Friday as investors booked gains late in the thin holiday  trading session, but indexes moved into positive territory in  2004 for the second year in a row.
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Stock prices are mostly lower, but not showing much change from yesterday&#39;s closing levels. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 11 points in today&#39;s early going.
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World stocks edged lower on Tuesday while Wall Street was set for a weaker open as investors remained cautious over the health of the U.S. economy after a fallout in U.S. risky mortgages and credit turmoil.
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NEW YORK  -Stocks fell on Thursday, with the benchmark S&P 500 plummeting to a 15-month low, as news of 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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Tokyo&#39;s main stock index edged slightly lower in morning trading Friday as investors took profits from gains the day before. The US dollar was down against the Japanese yen.
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Stocks fell on Monday, with the Dow  dipping briefly below 10,000, as oil prices climbed,  threatening to shrink corporate profits, and a brokerage  downgrade hurt semiconductor shares.
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Wall Street was lower at mid-morning on Monday, with Microsoft shares down after a European Union court ruling and investors on guard ahead of earnings from investment banks this week. Light trading activity is expected as investors await the outcome of the Federal Reserve&#39;s policy meeting on Tuesday.
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U.S. shares are set for a softer start on  Thursday with tech stocks again under pressure after  weaker-than-expected results from online auctioneer eBay  EBAY.O and a soft outlook from wireless firm Qualcomm  QCOM.O overnight.
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U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday in a  quiet trading day as a sharp drop in the price of oil knocked  down shares of energy-related companies such as Exxon Mobil  Corp. XOM.N and another fall in the dollar worried investors.
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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.