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U.S. stocks sank in a thinly traded session Wednesday as weakness in the technology sector dragged the market lower. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) was down 47 points, or 0.4%, in afternoon trading. The S&P 500 (SPX) eased 5 points, or less than 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite (COMP) fell 27 points, or 1%. [...]

US stocks have resumed their rally after a series of earnings reports came in better than expected. Target Corp, Staples Inc and Dell Inc all reported earnings for last quarter that were above analysts’ forecasts. Companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 are on track to report higher profits for a ninth straight quarter. But [...]

THE Australian share market closed higher today, buoyed by bargain-hunters who helped to make up ground from the previous day’s loss. Official figures showing slower than expected wages growth helped calm inflationary expectations and also provided a boost for investors. At 16:15 (AEST) the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 56.6 points, or 1.33 per cent, higher [...]

French bankers and officials scrambled to calm nerves on Thursday after two days of whipsaw trading that saw their banks’ market value fall and rise by billions of euros.By late in the day those efforts appeared to settle markets jittery about the health of French banks and the heavily indebted U.S. and European economies. Economists [...]

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJ1U -1.93% slumped 245 points to 11,159. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 index SP1U -2.15% dropped 29.30 points to 1,168.50 and those on the Nasdaq 100 ND1U -2.28% sank 54.50 points to 2,132.50. After the close of Wall Street trading on Friday, Standard & Poor’s downgraded [...]

“People are worried about liquidity and where the economy is going and don’t see any sort of life preserver as yet,” said Doug Roberts, chief investment strategist at Channel Capital Research. On Friday, not even a better-than-expected July jobs report, which included upward revisions to May and June and a drop in the unemployment rate [...]

“The market will look for signal from Europes leaders that things are getting better. There’s a chance the market will stabilize next week,” said Terry Morris, senior equity manager at National Penn Investors Trust Company. Volatility: Will it continue? Barron’s Mike Santoli discusses extreme swings in trading and the likelihood that it will continue in [...]

The economic anxiety is signaling by two-week plunge in stock prices  , but it’s also compounding the problem: Lower stock prices are shrinking Americans’ wealth, rattling their confidence and making them less inclined to spend.And employers may become even slower to hire. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 513 points, or 4 percent, Thursday on [...]

Stocks ended on a sour note Friday, wrapping up a fifth straight week of losses after unexpectedly tepid growth in the number of new jobs heightened concerns the economic rebound is losing steam.U.S. payrolls grew just 54,000 last month, the smallest amount in eight months. The results were well below projections – even after analysts lowered [...]

For investors who endured the bruising downturn and were seeing green again in their 401(k)s, Tuesday’s Wall Street tumble was a rude awakening – and a reminder that retirement savings are not always secure.”People are frightened,” said Scott Brewster, a certified financial planner with Brewster Financial Planning in Park Slope, Brooklyn. “Everywhere we turn, there [...]