posted by on Nov 21

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks rose in choppy trade on Friday as investors snapped up cut-price shares in beaten down sectors, including commodities and energy, a day after Wall Street slid to 11-year lows.

posted by Yahoo! News

posted by admin on Nov 21

Specialists consult a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. Stocks plunged for a second straight day Thursday, falling to a ranges not seen in six years as financial and energy stocks tumbled and as demand for the safety of government debt spiked to historic levels. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Wall Street found some relief Friday from a report that a pounded-down Citigroup Inc. might put itself up for sale. That prospect, along with the possibility that low prices will draw in bargain-hunters after two days of steep selling, sent stock futures sharply higher.


posted by Yahoo! News

posted by admin on Nov 21

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks headed for a higher open on Friday as investors followed up two days of steep losses that toppled Wall Street to an 11-year low by scooping up shares of banks and other beaten-down sectors.


posted by Yahoo! News

posted by admin on Nov 21

The London stock market staged a turnaround despite a steady flow of dismal economic news.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The London stock market staged a turnaround on Friday despite a steady flow of dismal economic news.


posted by Yahoo! News

posted by admin on Nov 20

A trader watches a trade monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks plunged yet again on Thursday, as a frantic flight from risk prompted by investors’ deepening economic fears drove the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its lowest level since 1997 — completing the erasure of more than a decade of stock market gains.


posted by Yahoo! News