The Dow closed below 11,000 Tuesday for the first time since July 21, 2006, was down by 92.65 points, or 0.8% to 10,962, and the S&P 500 was down by 13, or 1.1% to 1214.91. The NYSE saw its second largest volume day in history, with 7.28 billion shares trading. Average daily volume this year [...]

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Last week the Dow had lost 1.7%, falling to 11,100 for the first time in two years. The Nasdaq had lost just 0.3% and the S&P was down 1.9%, finishing at 1239. The financial sector was the biggest loser falling 6.3% for the week, followed by consumer discretionary with a 4% loss.
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U.S. stocks lost ground again on Wednesday after it had rallied on Tuesday as oil futures hit new highs and a downgrade slammed shares of General Motors Corp., while waiting for the Thursday’s jobs report, investors are feeling heated up.
Crude futures closed at a record high of $143.57 a barrel, up $2.60, on the New [...]

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