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U.S. stocks fell ahead of the presidential debate. But as Fred Katayama reports, concerns over global growth may have been a bigger factor dampening investor sentiment.
Wall Street falls sharply after weak economic data from China. Shartia Brantley reports.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above 20,000 points at the New York Stock Exchange for the first time Wednesday morning, setting a new record on Wall Street. The second-oldest stock market index in the US nearly reached this landmark on two previous occasions before reaching the once evasive mark at the opening bell. At the trading day's closing bell, the index had set a record high of 20,068. The DJIA, also known as the Dow 30, measures the performance of the 30 largest publicly owned companies trading in the US. Apple, Goldman Sachs and ExxonMobil are among some of those companies.
Oil prices would have to bounce back to $60 a barrel for U.S. oil producers to generate a good rate of return, says S&P Capital IQ's Stewart Glickman. Fred Katayama reports.
Stocks finished the week in rally mode after a report showed the jobless rate near a seven-year low. Bobbi Rebell reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the country's ambassador in Moscow, Lynne Tracy, was able to visit Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in prison. "I can report based on what Ambassador Tracy has said that he's in good health and good spirits, considering the circumstances. We continue to call for his immediate release from this unjust detention," Blinken told reporters in Japan after G7 talks. SOUNDBITE
The International Monetary Fund slightly lowers its outlook for the global economy, predicting the global economy will grow by 2.8 percent this year and three percent in 2024, a decline of 0.1 percentage point from its previous forecasts in January. SOUNDBITE
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