Wall Street has extended last week’s slide on worries that the quarterly results companies begin releasing this week will signal the economy is in worse shape than feared.

Wall Street is largely brushing off a weaker-than-expected report on the manufacturing sector.
   

Stock prices closed sharply higher on Wall Street.

The Federal Reserve has cut its target for a key interest rate to the lowest level on record and pledged to use “all available tools” to combat a severe financial crisis and prolonged recession.

Stocks have shaken off the losses that mounted following the worst monthly employment report in 34 years.

A litany of bad economic news has snuffed out Wall Street’s five-day rally, sending stocks falling sharply as investors realized anew how troubled the U.S. economy really is.

Stocks plunged again to levels not seen in more than five years as hopes fade that lawmakers will soon put together an aid package for U.S. automakers.

Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8,000 mark.,

China’s $586 billion stimulus plan is taking stocks higher today on international markets.

Unemployment, retail spending and auto sales all added to Wall Street’s worries Thursday as the Dow dropped by 443 points.

Monday’s early performance of U.S. stock futures suggests Wall Street will open higher. The futures are up modestly.

Wall Street has made another big late-day move.

Traders on Wall Street have joined their counterparts around the world on another selling binge.

Tokyo’s Nikkei fell more than 11 percent, it’s biggest one-day drop since the stock market crash of October 1987.

Wall Street has ended a relatively calm day with a moderate decline, with the Dow Jones industrials falling about 76 points as profit-taking set in after Monday’s massive advance.