Saturday, June 30, 2007

Stocks bogged down in worry over oil, subprime mortgages

Baltimore Sun - NEW YORK // Stocks slid yesterday as investors, securing positions before the second half of the year begins, sold off due to rising oil prices and lingering worries about subprime mortgage lending troubles. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 13 more details

Baltimore Sun - The Dow Jones industrial average, made up of 30 blue chip stocks, gained more than 1,000 points in the second quarter, advancing 8.53 percent. Its first-quarter increase was a modest 0.87 percent. Some of the same fund types that have shown strong more details

Washington Post - The Dow Jones industrial average gained 48.36, or 0.4 percent, to 13,408.62. The Nasdaq composite index rose 14.27, or 0.6 percent, to 2603.23. Financial firms in the S&P 500 lost 0.8 percent for the week. The sector's decline followed the previous more details