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AFP - A frenzied buying spree sent US shares soaring Tuesday with the second-largest point gain in history for blue chips amid hopes for a rate cut and easing of a global credit crunch.
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AFP - US stocks dived Wednesday on growing global recession fears and skidding oil prices, with the Dow industrials down more than 5.5 percent at the market close.
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Reuters - The Dow and S&P rose on Monday after a brokerage’s positive comments lifted major energy companies and lower interbank lending rates gave investors hope the credit freeze might be thawing.
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Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday on weakness in manufacturing and financial stocks after bleak data on consumer confidence and construction, but the Dow still snapped a disastrous three-week losing streak with it best weekly gain in more than 5 years.
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AP - European markets rose strongly Friday as a recovery in the price of oil helped oil stocks, but Wall Street was down after further grim U.S. economic news.
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Reuters - The Dow and the S&P 500 dropped for an eighth session on Friday, as a dramatic late-day comeback stalled out to cap the worst week ever for the S&P amid more anxiety about the condition of credit markets and the threat of a global recession.
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AP - A stampede of selling that began in the waning minutes of trading on Wall Street spread to Asia on Friday, deepening a financial crisis that has defied all efforts to stop it.
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AFP - US shares plunged to fresh five-year lows Thursday in a vicious late-date selloff as jitters intensified over the global financial crunch.
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