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Stocks end worst week mixed after wild session
NEW YORK - Friday, 10 October 2008 16:48:59
By TIM PARADIS - AP Business Writer
Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses and the possibility of further government support for the markets tempted some investors late in the session.
Stocks end wild session mixed, Dow falls 128
NEW YORK - Friday, 10 October 2008 16:48:26
By TIM PARADIS - AP Business Writer
Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses and the possibility of further government support for the markets tempted some investors late in the session.
Stocks end wild session mixed after 8-day slide
NEW YORK - Friday, 10 October 2008 15:31:26
By TIM PARADIS - AP Business Writer
Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials rocket within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually end with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses made many stocks tempting for traders looking for bargains.