January 13. 2012 2:00AM - Last modified: March 15. 2012 12:08PM

Stocks stumble into weekend

  

The U.S. stock market fell today amid speculation that ratings company Standard & Poor's plans to downgrade its credit ratings of euro-zone nations such as France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Portugal.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by about 100 points this morning.

Local stocks in the BizTimes Stock Index also took a pounding today. The largest local decliners this morning were Snap-on Inc. (down 97 cents to $53.05), Joy Global Inc. (down 93 cents to $83.09) and Sensient Technologies Inc. (down 84 cents to $38.14).


 


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