Wall St sells off on home sales data
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Wall Street stocks sold-off on Wednesday as pending home sales fell to their lowest level since September 2001 and the defensive mood was reinforced by mixed news on the economy.
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Wall Street extended its decline in early trading today, falling on nagging concerns about mortgage defaults and also following the lead of stock markets that tumbled abroad. The Dow fell 4.2 percent last week including Tuesday's 416-point plunge, fell about 62 points to the 12,051 level in the opening minutes of trading.
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A steep sell-off swept through global stock markets on Tuesday as investor confidence was hit by the escalating woes of the US subprime mortgage market and weak US retail sales data.
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U.S. stocks fell sharply on Thursday as worries about mortgage delinquencies hurt bank shares and a warning from home builder Toll Brothers Inc.  underscored weakness in the housing market.
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Stocks extended losses on Wednesday after data showing weaker-than-expected existing-home sales added to concerns about the U.S. economy.
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U.S. stocks briefly pared gains but then resumed an upward trend on Friday after data showed existing-home sales fell to the slowest rate since June 2003, below economists' forecasts.
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Stocks opened lower on Monday on the last day of 2007, with investors jittery ahead of existing home sales data.
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U.S. stocks fell on Monday after data showed the number of unsold homes reached its highest level in more than 15 years in July, adding to concerns about the housing market and consumer spending.
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Wall Street stocks were set for a sharply lower start on Monday as the global sell-off in equities moved apace and the shares in troubled subprime mortgage lenders plunged after the initiation of a criminal investigation.
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Stocks took a dive in morning trading today after the release of fresh housing data and a report showing turmoil in the financial markets had sharply reduced consumer confidence in August.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as signs of   housing-market weakness and worries about the outlook for   interest rates made investors uneasy about prospects for   consumer spending and corporate profits.
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US stocks fell on Thursday, led by a decline in the technology sector following a batch of sales warnings from chip makers and a jump in oil prices to nearly $43 a barrel.
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U.S. stocks slid on Thursday as worries about bad mortgage debts hit bank shares and a warning from home builder Toll Brothers Inc.  reignited concern about weakness in the housing market.
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U.S. stocks fell in early trading Monday after heavy sell-offs in Asian and European stocks as investors remained concerned about subprime loan losses.
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Stocks ended flat on Friday as weak new home sales data reinforced concerns that the housing and mortgage markets may be far from a recovery, offsetting the energy sector's strength.
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Stocks edged lower on Monday as investors worried that weakness in housing threatened to slow the economy and corporate profit growth.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down in its worst slide since the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, as a sell-off in China's stock market raised concerns that equity valuations may be too high.