Euro zone chatter triggers late selloff
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Wednesday as traders, after sitting on their hands for most of the day, jumped to sell in a hair-trigger reaction to fresh reports underscoring that Europe remains far from a solution to its debt crisis.
In a repeat of a now-familiar pattern, traders capitalized on headlines emerging late in the trading day, this time to push the market lower. With long-term investors largely on the sideline due to Europe's uncertainty, the market remains susceptible to swift swings.
"The market has become overly sensitive to chatters and rumors out of Europe and to the headline news. This is exactly what happened yesterday and that just shows how unstable this market is," said Eric Marshall, director of research at Hodges Capital Management in Dallas.
France's President Nicholas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that talks to tackle the euro zone crisis were stuck as they struggled to increase the bailout fund's firepower, while a Wall Street Journal report said Europe's bailout fund could be used to provide collateral to back up bond issues by troubled countries.
On Tuesday, stocks rallied on late news suggesting euro zone leaders had a big package in place for rescuing indebted nations.
A weak economic outlook from the U.S. Federal Reserve was responsible for the initial move lower on Wednesday afternoon.
Technology stocks were the biggest losers after a rare earnings miss from tech heavyweight Apple. |
发表于 2011-10-19 23:02
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