It could have been one for the record books. Stocks dived from the getgo. Within minutes the dow was down nearly 200 points. There were fresh worries about slowing growth in china, to be sure, but that wasnt the half of it. What really spooked investors was this the stunning sight of tens of thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators flooding the streets of hong ko kong. Police cracked down hard. Banks and other hong kong businesses shut down for the day. Stocks sold off in asia, then in europe. The demonstrations continued well into the Early Morning Hours Tuesday and may well continue for another day. After that early tumble, though, u. S. Stocks fought back. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. The dow down just 42 points. The nasdaq lower by 6 and the s p 500 lost 5. In hong kong, the hang seng index had a terrible monday with stocks falling nearly 2 . Susan lee is on the ground in hong kong with more on what the protesters are demanding and why investors are paying such close
It could have been one for the record books. Stocks dived from the getgo. Within minutes the dow was down nearly 200 points. There were fresh worries about slowing growth in china, to be sure, but that wasnt the half of it. What really spooked investors was this the stunning sight of tens of thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators flooding the streets of hong ko kong. Police cracked down hard. Banks and other hong kong businesses shut down for the day. Stocks sold off in asia, then in europe. The demonstrations continued well into the Early Morning Hours Tuesday and may well continue for another day. After that early tumble, though, u. S. Stocks fought back. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. The dow down just 42 points. The nasdaq lower by 6 and the s p 500 lost 5. In hong kong, the hang seng index had a terrible monday with stocks falling nearly 2 . Susan lee is on the ground in hong kong with more on what the protesters are demanding and why investors are paying such close
Record books. Stocks dived from the getgo. Within minutes the dow was down nearly 200 points. There were fresh worries about slowing growth in china, to be sure, but that wasnt the half of it. What really spooked investors was this the stunning sight of tens of thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators flooding the streets of hong ko kong. Police cracked down hard. Banks and other hong kong businesses shut down for the day. Stocks sold off in asia, then in europe. The demonstrations continued well into the Early Morning Hours Tuesday and may well continue for another day. After that early tumble, though, u. S. Stocks fought back. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. The dow down just 42 points. The nasdaq lower by 6 and the s p 500 lost 5. In hong kong, the hang seng index had a terrible monday with stocks falling nearly 2 . Susan lee is on the ground in hong kong with more on what the protesters are demanding and why investors are paying such close attention. Reporter the street
Record books. Stocks dived from the getgo. Within minutes the dow was down nearly 200 points. There were fresh worries about slowing growth in china, to be sure, but that wasnt the half of it. What really spooked investors was this the stunning sight of tens of thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators flooding the streets of hong ko kong. Police cracked down hard. Banks and other hong kong businesses shut down for the day. Stocks sold off in asia, then in europe. The demonstrations continued well into the Early Morning Hours Tuesday and may well continue for another day. After that early tumble, though, u. S. Stocks fought back. Heres how things looked at the closing bell. The dow down just 42 points. The nasdaq lower by 6 and the s p 500 lost 5. In hong kong, the hang seng index had a terrible monday with stocks falling nearly 2 . Susan lee is on the ground in hong kong with more on what the protesters are demanding and why investors are paying such close attention. Reporter the street
Federal reserve policy makers at their last meeting. According to the minutes released today, many said they were inclined to wait before hiking Interest Rates because moving too soon could stall the recovery. Still, others said the central bank had waited long enough suggesting that the majority is in a real hurry to move away from the zero Interest Rate policy as followed for some years now. Stocks briefly peared their losses on the release of the minutes but failed to end the session higher. At the close, dow jones down to 18,029. Nasdaq eked out a gain of 7 and s p 500, it was just basically flat on the day. And yields on the ten year note fell on signals the fed would continue to be in its words, patient on rates. Hampton pearson has more on the minutes and the road ahead for Interest Rates. Reporter fed chair janet yellin and policy makers did not appear to start raising Interest Rates anytime soon. While job growth is increasing and the Unemployment Rate remains below 6 policy m