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European stocks end down as miners, oil slide Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News
LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - European stocks ended Tuesday's session down but off their one-week intraday lows, as a slide in oil and mining stocks weighed on the market after crude fell to $59 a barrel and copper prices dropped.
Techs slide in early trade CNN Money
A selloff in technology and commodities stocks dragged down the Nasdaq composite Tuesday morning and kept the Dow industrials from challenging its all-time record again.
Dow soars to record as oil price slides FT.com via Yahoo! News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the US stockmarket, reached an all-time intra-day high on Tuesday, lifted by a slide in oil prices to below $59 a barrel.
Dow tries for record again CNN Money
The Dow Jones industrial average rose early Tuesday afternoon, again making a stab at taking out its all-time record, thanks to a slide in oil prices which pushed crude to a more than 7-month low.
Market Overview: Dow hits record as oil slides FT.com via Yahoo! News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the US bluechip barometer, rose to a record intra-day high of 11,755.35 by lunchtime on Tuesday, surpassing its previous high set in January 2000, helped by a sharp slide in crude over the previous two trading sessions.
Hamas PM vows to prevent civil war AFP via Yahoo! News
Prime minister Ismail Haniya has vowed that his Hamas-led government would not let Palestinians slide into civil war following the deadliest bout of internecine fighting since he took office.
Sector Snap: Homebuilders Slide AP via Yahoo! Finance
Shares of leading home builders shares fell on Tuesday, after a Bank of America analyst lowered his ratings for three of the nation's biggest publicly traded builders due to deterioration in the nation's housing market and other factors.
Indexes down in Tuesday pre-market trading, oil continues slide after big drop Canadian Business
Andrew Flynn October 3, 2006 - 8:07 a.m. TORONTO (CP) - Negative motion in pre-market trading heralded a flat to lower opening for North American stock markets Tuesday and a continuing drop in the price of oil appeared likely to put more pressure on the Toronto market's energy sector.
Energy shares lead slide as oil slips, euro gains Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News
By Lincoln Feast LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Energy shares led a retreat in European stocks on Tuesday as oil sank below $61 a barrel, while the dollar hit a one-week low against the euro on a growing belief that the next move in U.S. interest rates will be a
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Retreat; Marvell, GM Shares Slide Bloomberg.com
Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures fell on concern earnings growth may falter as the economy slows. Marvell Technology Group Ltd. dropped after the mobile- phone chipmaker forecast revenue that trailed analysts' estimates.