After a flat day yesterday, the market was down today as all three major indices lost ground. Here's how they did.
Index |
Change |
Ending Value |
---|---|---|
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
-139.94 [-1.14%] | 12,151.41 |
S&P 500 |
-15.79 [-1.25%] | 1,249.64 |
Nasdaq |
-35.22 [-1.34%] | 2,589.98 |
In a word, the news that moved the market today was "Europe." We saw the euro hit an 11-month low versus the dollar as the market readies for a key Italian long-dated debt auction tomorrow. One euro now buys $1.2941 worth of greenbacks.
Looking at individual stocks, it was an almost unanimous down day. All 30 of the Dow stocks took a hit, ranging from -3.6% to -0.2%. In the S&P 500, all but 24 lost ground. The range there was -4.6% to 2%.
In the Dow, Bank of America
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