Tuesday, July 24, 2007

US STOCKS-Indexes slide as housing, profit concerns rise

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 24 - U.S. stocks tumbled on
Tuesday, with the three major indexes posting their worst
one-day performance since March 13, as disappointing results
from DuPont Co. and Countrywide Financial Corp.
heightened concerns about the housing market.




Financial shares led decliners on the S&P 500 index, with
Countrywide suffering its biggest decline since October 2004
after revealing its mortgage lending problems extend beyond its
subprime business.


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