Wall St down as investors shun risk
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Stocks slipped in a volatile session on Thursday, reversing the prior session's modest bounce, as investors' diminishing appetite for risk hurt demand for equities.
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Wall Street fell after a weak manufacturing report raised investor concerns of a further economic slowdown.
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Wall Street stocks ended mostly lower Wednesday as investors adopted a wait-and-see approach on the economy, despite Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan&#39;s bullish assessment on the economy.
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Leading shares closed down Wednesday, just off session lows, with financial stocks providing the main drag on the Footsie, while Wall Street made heavy losses after disappointing pending home sales data hit investor confidence.
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Stocks fell yesterday in extremely thin trading as security concerns surrounding the Republican National Convention in New York and worries about earnings kept investors on the sidelines.
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Investors sold stocks slightly lower Monday in very light trading as Wall Street wrestled with respectable but uninspiring holiday sales reports and waited to see the extent of the damage due to the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia.
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Wall Street was lower as a pair of disappointing economic reports added to investor anxiety about the economy.
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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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The Dow industrial average turned lower, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were little changed as concerns about fallout from the housing slump cut short an earlier bounce.
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Stocks fell on Friday, sending the Nasdaq down more than 1 percent, as investors worried that equities could see more downside as the appetite for riskier assets diminishes further following this week's sell-off.
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Stocks dropped in early trading, with Wall Street taking few chances amid concerns that shrinking credit is hurting the economy.
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Stocks were knocked lower on Thursday  as investors worried that rising prices for oil and commodities  would shrink corporate profits, while drug shares fell on  possible stricter scrutiny from regulators.
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U.S. stocks edged lower on Friday as weaker-than-expected data on new home sales reinforced worries about the housing and mortgage markets.
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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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Stocks slipped on Monday as concern about the impact of the housing slump and credit squeeze hurt shares of financial companies.
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U.S. stocks declined on Wednesday, dragged down by the heavily weighted energy sector and climbing bond yields, which revived concern about higher interest rates and their impact on corporate profits and merger activity.
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US stocks were weaker on Thursday during another volatile session in which concerns about further writedowns linked to credit market losses spooked the market.