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...Dow Jones industrial average fell 14.09 points to close at 5,655.42. Trading was heavy at 408.99 million shares. Market indexes were generally lower, with the Standard & Poor's 500 composite down 1.71 at 649.98. The NYSE Composite fell 0.35 to 348.20, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 10.68 to 1,101.82. But the American Stock Exchange's market value index rose 2.70 to 567.27. In London, gold closed...
...last week, as the Dow Jones average plunged 171 points Friday, scoring points on the economy became much more complicated for both candidates. The market fell--bad news for Clinton, presumably--because the economy and employment are rising at unexpectedly high rates--good news for Clinton. Republican Dole cannot criticize the one without giving credit for the other. And the Democratic President cannot toast his own success without worrying out loud about the voters who have not benefited from stronger portfolios or fatter paychecks, or both. On economics, both Dole and Clinton will tread carefully, sounding more alike than...
ACTING LIKE A SPOILED RICH KID, WALL Street couldn't stand the news that another part of the economy--the one in which people work for a living--is having a better time of it. How else explain the 171-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average that, for investors, evoked memories of the Crash of 1987? The same bulls who had gleefully stampeded in the midst of corporate layoffs let out a bellow of pain last Friday, when the Labor Department reported that the U.S. had created 705,000 jobs in February, more than twice what had been...
...Dow Jones industrial average ended down less than 2 points, after dropping nearly 30 points earlier in the day. Volume was heavy with more than 400 million shares traded. At 3 p.m. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was off 15.90 at 5,570.16, above its worst levels of the day. Volume was heavy at the New York Stock Exchange, with 438.16 million shares traded, up from Thursday's pace. The NYSE composite index was down 0.53 at 342.87, the Standard & Poor's 500 composite was down 0.49 at 640.30, the American Stock Exchange's market value index...
...Dow Jones average was up 17.34 in today's trading closing at 5,586.06. New government data suggesting inflation is under control caused stocks to climb. The NYSE's composite index rose 1.54 to 343.40. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 2.30 to 640.85. The Nasdaq composite index rose 3.77 to 1,092.41. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index rose...