Stocks Dive Before Fed Meeting

All indexes fall as traders bite nails over tomorrow's Federal Reserve meeting
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 17, 2007 3:52 PM CDT
Stocks Dive Before Fed Meeting
Traders and specialists work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange in the morning hours of Friday, Sept. 14, 2007. Stocks pared their losses after opening lower Friday following a government report that August retail sales excluding autos fell sharply. (AP Photo/David Karp)   (Associated Press)

Wall Street bit its collective nails today, with fear mounting that the Fed meeting tomorrow will result in a rate cut of only 25 basis points rather than the 50 traders crave. The Dow fell 39.10 to 13,403.42, the S&P 500 dipped 7.60 to 1,476.65, and underperforming tech hauled the Nasdaq down 20.52 to 2,581.66.

NYSE losers outnumbered winners 11 to 5. Crude futures set another record, adding to the pessimism. Coca-Cola finished down 2%, and Microsoft fell 1.2% on bad legal news from Europe. Financials also plummeted, following UK lender Northern Rock, which hit a 7-year low after borrowing emergency government funds. GM, meanwhile, was up 3%, showing investor optimism over ongoing labor talks. (More stock market stories.)

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