Thursday, July 26, 2007

US STOCKS-Wall St indexes plunge on housing, credit fears

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 26 - U.S. stocks plummeted on
Thursday, with the Dow industrials tumbling more than 300
points, on signs of further weakness in the housing market and
deteriorating conditions for corporate buyouts.




The S&P shed about $300 billion in market value in the
worst single session since the Feb. 27 global market sell-off,
with surprisingly weak earnings reports also weighing on
stocks. Even with the sharp decline, the Dow and S&P 500 are
within 5 percent of their respective record highs.


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