now here is your first look at how wall street is it going to kick off the day. the dow opened at 13,038 after tum willing 168 on friday. the s&p sank 22, the nasdaq 67. taking a look overseas, in tokyo, the nikkei lost 261 points while in hong kong the hang seng shot down 7549. after closing out its worst week of the year, it looks like election upsets overseas could send investors into another stormy stretch. asian markets took a beating told while the euro plunged to of sarkozy s defeat in france. likewise in greece voters swept aside leaders requesting budget reforms, triggering new doutds about greece and the wider eurozone. oil slipped below $97 a barrel this morning, bringing its losses over the last three days to about 8%. a third straight month of
and in china newly released surveillance video shows a girl falling through the sidewalk that just gave way underneath her. a cabdriver did stop to help. he climbed into the 20-foot-deep hole, then firefighters were able to get them both out safely. thankfully. now here is your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,927 after losing 102 points yesterday. the s&p lost 11, the nasdaq fell 30. taking a look overseas, in tokyo, the nikkei down 74 points but in hong kong the hang seng was up 52. despite recent drastic budget cuts, europe s debt crisis appears to be deepening. yesterd making matters worse, the dutch government collapsed monday, a day after nicolas sarkozy lost the first round of france s presidential election. concerns over europe pushed down
wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed at 13473 after dropping 110 points yesterday. the s&p fell 14, the nasdaq sank 47. taking a look overseas, in tokyo, the nikkei plunged 173 points while in hong kong, the hang seng lost 17. so how will investors react to the unofficial start to earnings season? after the bell, alcoa lowered its 2012 outlook for aluminum demand but reported slightly better than expected earnings and revenue. also yum brands said it saw strong quarterly sales in china. the international monetary fund says global financial risks have risen in the past six months. that s thanks mostly to the eurozone debt crisis. on tuesday, protests got heated in greece as german chancellor angela merkel pledged her support for strict austerity measures there. this morning toyota is recalling nearly 7.a 5 million