While you were sleeping: Boeing sends Dow lower

Wed, 25 Oct 2017

By Margreet Dietz Oct. 26 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street slid from record highs as shares of Boeing and AT&T declined following their latest earnings. In 2.24pm trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.46 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index slid 0.52 percent. In 2.08pm trading, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declined 0.46 percent. The Dow fell as declines in shares of Boeing and those of General Electric, recently down 3.2 percent and 2.2 percent respectively, outweighed gains in shares of Nike and those of V...

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