Friday, January 15, 2016

Code Red: Wall Street Hemorrhages

More to come.  More to drop.    PB
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From Reuters.com:


Wall Street bled on Friday, with the S&P 500 sinking to its lowest since October 2014 as oil prices sank below $30 per barrel and fears grew about economic trouble in China.

Pain was dealt widely, with the day's trading volume unusually high and more than a fifth of S&P 500 stocks touching 52-week lows.

The major S&P sectors all ended sharply lower. The Russell 2000 small-cap index dropped as much as 3.5 percent to its lowest since July 2013.

The energy sector dropped 2.87 percent as oil prices fell 6.5 percent, in part due to fears of slow economic growth in China, where major stock indexes also slumped overnight.

The energy sector has lost nearly half its value after hitting record highs in late 2014...
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Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKCN0UT1DA

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