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U.S. stocks stumble on potential Greek exit

05/23/2012 2:18 PM ET

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks tumbled Wednesday, echoing a slide in equities around the globe, on intensifying concerns that Greece could exit the euro as the region’s leaders got together.

The market’s fall comes down to the “unwavering focus on Europe and what’s going to happen there,” according to Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.

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20.76
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PFEPfizer Inc
22.02
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29,186,708
CCitigroup Inc
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MSMorgan Stanley
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TAT&T Inc
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Market Diaries

Advancers/Decliners
 
The number of stocks that closed at a higher price than the previous day's close, and the number of stocks that closed at a lower price than the previous day's close.
NYSE
ISSUES TOTAL: 3,143
Advancing
 
789
Declining
 
2,233
Unchanged
 
121
VOLUME TOTAL: 410,626,536
Advancing
 
81,234,792
Declining
 
319,639,697
Unchanged
 
9,752,047

AMEX
ISSUES TOTAL: 438
Advancing
 
176
Declining
 
226
Unchanged
 
36
VOLUME TOTAL: 6,406,110
Advancing
 
3,728,017
Declining
 
2,343,061
Unchanged
 
335,032

NASDAQ
ISSUES TOTAL: 2,094
Advancing
 
545
Declining
 
1,485
Unchanged
 
64
VOLUME TOTAL: 1,114,894,506
Advancing
 
327,490,886
Declining
 
780,260,728
Unchanged
 
7,142,892

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Yield Curve
 
A line that plots the interest rates, set at point in time, of bonds having equal credit quality but differing maturity dates.

 

Treasury Bills & Bonds
 
Bills are debts issued by the U.S. Treasury which have a maturity of less than 1 year while bonds are debt issued by the U.S. Treasury which have a maturity longer than 10 years.

MATURITY% YIELDCHANGE
3 Month Bill0.090.00
2 Year Bond0.300.00
10 Year Bond1.79+0.04

Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index

1,798.53-4.33 (0.24%)
As of 05/22/2012

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