While you were sleeping Crimea weighs on equities

While you were sleeping Crimea weighs on equities
By Margreet Dietz March 13 (BusinessDesk) – With the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index near record highs, investors are trying to weigh the positive outlook for the US economy with concern about signs of economic trouble in China and the ongoing Ukrainian crisis. In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.21 percent, as did the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The Nasdaq Composite Index eked out a 0.07 percent gain. Slides in shares of Coca-Cola and those of Boeing, down 1.3 percent and 1 percent respectively, led the...