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Stocks Plunge, Battle Back

Posted Jan 22, 08 3:38 PM CST in Business 

(Newser) – Stocks declined today but ended the session up from the depths of their initial plunge, as the Fed's emergency rate cut seemed to calm freaked-out investors. "This at least gets people from piling in on the short side of things," one strategist told MarketWatch. The Dow fell 128.11 to 11,971.19, the Nasdaq 47.75 to 2,292.27, and the S&P 14.69 to 1,310.50.

"The markets are getting to reasonable valuations. Unfortunately, the trip there is very painful," said another analyst. Stocks took a massive dive as trading opened this morning, thanks to a worldwide plunge yesterday (when US markets were closed for the holiday). But financials, which took a hit in the morning, generally pared their losses and rallied later on, reports Bloomberg.
Sources: MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Financial Times (UK)

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