Stocks are closing lower for a third straight day following weak earnings reports, a pullback at U.S. factories and fear that Europe's debt crisis could spiral out of control.
Stocks are closing lower for a sixth straight day as concern spreads that slow global growth and the European debt crisis will drag down U.S. corporate earnings.
Stocks are finishing the day mostly lower on Wall Street after signs emerged that Americans are spending at a slower pace and that China's economy may be in worse shape than previously thought.
U.S. stocks are closing mixed, pulled in opposite directions by bad news about American manufacturing and relief over Europe's bailout plan for its banks.
Homebuilders are leading major stock indexes higher at the close of trading. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. surged after the media conglomerate said it may split into two companies.
Stocks are closing sharply higher on Wall Street as traders turn their focus back to corporate news from the U.S. and hopes that the Federal Reserve will come up with a plan to jumpstart the economy.