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fredag, augusti 19, 2011

Dow Drops More Than 400 Points as Fears Return on Banks and Economy


After just a few days of calm, stocks declined steeply on Thursday in a worldwide sell-off. The downturn was driven by fresh concerns that the worldwide economy is slowing and that Europe’s debt crisis is putting strain on the financial sector.
 As the session ended at 4 p.m., the Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 420 points, or 3.7 percent. The broader market, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, was down about 4.5 percent.
The yield on the Treasury’s 10-year note fell below 2 percent for much of the day, the lowest level on record, as investors turned to the safety of fixed-income securities. Gold rose. Oil fell as markets lowered their expectations of global economic growth.

NEW YORK TIMES

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