Stock Markets News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/stocks/ Get the latest stock markets news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking stock markets news, including analysis and opinion on top stock markets stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedTue, 08 Jan 2013 11:48:38 -05005Stock Markets News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/stocks/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifUS stocks slip ahead of earnings season kickoff<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-stocks-slip-ahead-earnings-season-kickoff-162041616--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Xrwvigt7p8NSBLjz.KfKqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/08c08dbffaab0800260f6a706700b805.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Richard Cohen, center, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. U.S. stocks opened mostly lower Tuesday as traders awaited the start of U.S. corporate earnings season. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" align="left" title="Richard Cohen, center, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. U.S. stocks opened mostly lower Tuesday as traders awaited the start of U.S. corporate earnings season. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>Stocks are falling on Wall Street as traders wait for corporate earnings reports to start rolling in.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/us-stocks-slip-ahead-earnings-season-kickoff-162041616--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 11:48:38 -0500us-stocks-slip-ahead-earnings-season-kickoff-162041616--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-stocks-slip-ahead-earnings-season-kickoff-162041616--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Xrwvigt7p8NSBLjz.KfKqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/08c08dbffaab0800260f6a706700b805.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Richard Cohen, center, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. U.S. stocks opened mostly lower Tuesday as traders awaited the start of U.S. corporate earnings season. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" align="left" title="Richard Cohen, center, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. U.S. stocks opened mostly lower Tuesday as traders awaited the start of U.S. corporate earnings season. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>Stocks are falling on Wall Street as traders wait for corporate earnings reports to start rolling in.</p><br clear="all"/>TSX falls on earnings caution; Barrick ends deal talk<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-may-open-lower-u-earnings-eyed-132749167--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GqCqFL_DumdWWzXjSphp4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-31T133050Z_1_CBRE8BU11JG00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MARKETS-CANADA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" align="left" title="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" border="0" /></a>TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday on investor caution over the U.S. fourth-quarter earnings season and a decline in Barrick Gold Corp after it pulled out of talks to sell its African unit. Barrick shares fell 1 percent after the world's top gold miner said it had ended talks to sell a stake in its struggling African Barrick Gold subsidiary to a Chinese buyer. [ID:nL5E9C811T] The stock played a major role in leading the market lower. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-may-open-lower-u-earnings-eyed-132749167--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 11:34:45 -0500tsx-may-open-lower-u-earnings-eyed-132749167--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-may-open-lower-u-earnings-eyed-132749167--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GqCqFL_DumdWWzXjSphp4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-31T133050Z_1_CBRE8BU11JG00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MARKETS-CANADA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" align="left" title="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" border="0" /></a>TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday on investor caution over the U.S. fourth-quarter earnings season and a decline in Barrick Gold Corp after it pulled out of talks to sell its African unit. Barrick shares fell 1 percent after the world's top gold miner said it had ended talks to sell a stake in its struggling African Barrick Gold subsidiary to a Chinese buyer. [ID:nL5E9C811T] The stock played a major role in leading the market lower. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Global shares tick lower ahead of earnings, euro steady<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/global-shares-tick-lower-ahead-earnings-euro-steady-161027189--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/k5RpNWIPMTxVWmOqccjzcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-08T161027Z_1_CDEE90718XL00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global shares fell on Tuesday, with U.S. investors cautious ahead of an earnings season expected to show sluggish growth in corporate profits. European shares were flat as data showed the euro zone economy may be stabilizing, though at a weak level. The euro held steady while commodity markets were largely subdued as investors sat on recent gains. Profits in the U.S. fourth quarter are seen above the previous quarter's lackluster results, but analyst estimates are down sharply from where they were in October. Quarterly earnings are expected to grow by 2. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/global-shares-tick-lower-ahead-earnings-euro-steady-161027189--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 11:10:27 -0500global-shares-tick-lower-ahead-earnings-euro-steady-161027189--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/global-shares-tick-lower-ahead-earnings-euro-steady-161027189--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/k5RpNWIPMTxVWmOqccjzcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-08T161027Z_1_CDEE90718XL00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global shares fell on Tuesday, with U.S. investors cautious ahead of an earnings season expected to show sluggish growth in corporate profits. European shares were flat as data showed the euro zone economy may be stabilizing, though at a weak level. The euro held steady while commodity markets were largely subdued as investors sat on recent gains. Profits in the U.S. fourth quarter are seen above the previous quarter's lackluster results, but analyst estimates are down sharply from where they were in October. Quarterly earnings are expected to grow by 2. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Wall Street dips as earnings season begins<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wall-street-dips-earnings-season-begins-144354444--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wrtND1BMKy_SDBbI9cxGZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-08T144354Z_1_CDEE90714X700_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Wall St. sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Wall St. sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed at the open on Tuesday as an earnings season expected to show sluggish corporate growth gets under way. Profits in the fourth quarter are seen above the previous quarter's lackluster results, but analysts' current estimates are down sharply from where they were in October. Quarterly earnings are expected to grow by 2.8 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data. If earnings growth appears to be "less bad" than expected that would translate into a near-term uptick in the market, according to Eric Wiegand, senior portfolio manager at U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wall-street-dips-earnings-season-begins-144354444--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 10:17:32 -0500wall-street-dips-earnings-season-begins-144354444--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wall-street-dips-earnings-season-begins-144354444--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wrtND1BMKy_SDBbI9cxGZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-08T144354Z_1_CDEE90714X700_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Wall St. sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Wall St. sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed at the open on Tuesday as an earnings season expected to show sluggish corporate growth gets under way. Profits in the fourth quarter are seen above the previous quarter's lackluster results, but analysts' current estimates are down sharply from where they were in October. Quarterly earnings are expected to grow by 2.8 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data. If earnings growth appears to be "less bad" than expected that would translate into a near-term uptick in the market, according to Eric Wiegand, senior portfolio manager at U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>US stocks mixed ahead of earnings season kickoffU.S. stocks opened mostly lower Tuesday as traders awaited the start of U.S. corporate earnings season.http://news.yahoo.com/us-stocks-mixed-ahead-earnings-season-kickoff-150606412--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 10:06:06 -0500us-stocks-mixed-ahead-earnings-season-kickoff-150606412--financeMarkets cautious ahead of US corporate earnings<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-cautious-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-120717100--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/feFodQxBAvEBWLhbqVU2zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6e63100f9a10300260f6a7067003122.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Stocks were being traded cautiously across global markets Tuesday as investors prepared for the start of the U.S. corporate earnings season and digested a mixed batch of European economic indicators.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/markets-cautious-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-120717100--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 10:02:49 -0500markets-cautious-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-120717100--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-cautious-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-120717100--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/feFodQxBAvEBWLhbqVU2zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6e63100f9a10300260f6a7067003122.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Stocks were being traded cautiously across global markets Tuesday as investors prepared for the start of the U.S. corporate earnings season and digested a mixed batch of European economic indicators.</p><br clear="all"/>Stocks mostly lower on Wall Street; Yum plunges<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-mostly-lower-wall-street-yum-plunges-144258180--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/feFodQxBAvEBWLhbqVU2zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6e63100f9a10300260f6a7067003122.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street as investors get ready for the beginning of corporate earnings season.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-mostly-lower-wall-street-yum-plunges-144258180--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 09:42:58 -0500stocks-mostly-lower-wall-street-yum-plunges-144258180--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-mostly-lower-wall-street-yum-plunges-144258180--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/feFodQxBAvEBWLhbqVU2zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6e63100f9a10300260f6a7067003122.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street as investors get ready for the beginning of corporate earnings season.</p><br clear="all"/>Futures dip ahead of start to US earnings season<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/futures-dip-ahead-start-us-earnings-season-132521268--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/feFodQxBAvEBWLhbqVU2zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6e63100f9a10300260f6a7067003122.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Stock futures are heading lower as the U.S. kicks off the first earnings season of 2013.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/futures-dip-ahead-start-us-earnings-season-132521268--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 08:25:21 -0500futures-dip-ahead-start-us-earnings-season-132521268--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/futures-dip-ahead-start-us-earnings-season-132521268--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/feFodQxBAvEBWLhbqVU2zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6e63100f9a10300260f6a7067003122.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets headed lower Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Stock futures are heading lower as the U.S. kicks off the first earnings season of 2013.</p><br clear="all"/>Vodafone shares rise on Verizon sale talk<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vodafone-shares-rise-verizon-sale-talk-093403164--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lViel7ewqPCc_6ETAiXnww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-08T093403Z_1_CBRE9070QKZ00_RTROPTP_2_CZECH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Vodafone logo is seen at the counter of the shop in Prague" align="left" title="The Vodafone logo is seen at the counter of the shop in Prague" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Vodafone rose almost 3 percent on Tuesday after its partner in U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless said it would be "feasible" to buy out the British group in what would be one of the biggest corporate deals ever. Verizon Communications Chief Executive Lowell McAdam told the Wall Street Journal that "we have always said we would love to own all of that asset", which is 55 percent owned by Verizon Communications and 45 percent by Vodafone. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/vodafone-shares-rise-verizon-sale-talk-093403164--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 04:34:03 -0500vodafone-shares-rise-verizon-sale-talk-093403164--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vodafone-shares-rise-verizon-sale-talk-093403164--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lViel7ewqPCc_6ETAiXnww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-08T093403Z_1_CBRE9070QKZ00_RTROPTP_2_CZECH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Vodafone logo is seen at the counter of the shop in Prague" align="left" title="The Vodafone logo is seen at the counter of the shop in Prague" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Vodafone rose almost 3 percent on Tuesday after its partner in U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless said it would be "feasible" to buy out the British group in what would be one of the biggest corporate deals ever. Verizon Communications Chief Executive Lowell McAdam told the Wall Street Journal that "we have always said we would love to own all of that asset", which is 55 percent owned by Verizon Communications and 45 percent by Vodafone. ...</p><br clear="all"/>World stocks down ahead of US corporate earningsBANGKOK (AP) ? World stock markets headed lower Tuesday as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week.http://news.yahoo.com/world-stocks-down-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-084347660--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 03:43:47 -0500world-stocks-down-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-084347660--financeAsian shares fall on caution before earnings reports<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asian-shares-capped-ahead-earnings-reports-003205514--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/07DeqXh_opGWaWzyAGCKMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-08T003205Z_1_CDEE90701HK00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-CHINA-STOCKS-CLOSE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An investor looks at a computer screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai" align="left" title="An investor looks at a computer screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Tuesday as investors turned cautious after the new year's rallies, with corporate earnings season for the last quarter of 2012 looming and the European Central Bank's policy meeting due later in the week. European shares were seen flat to modestly lower, with financial spreadbetters predicting London's FTSE 100, Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX uld open down by 0.1 percent. U.S. stock futures suggested a soft Wall Street start with a 0.1 percent drop. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/asian-shares-capped-ahead-earnings-reports-003205514--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 00:57:46 -0500asian-shares-capped-ahead-earnings-reports-003205514--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asian-shares-capped-ahead-earnings-reports-003205514--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/07DeqXh_opGWaWzyAGCKMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-08T003205Z_1_CDEE90701HK00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-CHINA-STOCKS-CLOSE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An investor looks at a computer screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai" align="left" title="An investor looks at a computer screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Tuesday as investors turned cautious after the new year's rallies, with corporate earnings season for the last quarter of 2012 looming and the European Central Bank's policy meeting due later in the week. European shares were seen flat to modestly lower, with financial spreadbetters predicting London's FTSE 100, Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX uld open down by 0.1 percent. U.S. stock futures suggested a soft Wall Street start with a 0.1 percent drop. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Asia stocks down ahead of US corporate earnings<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-down-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-034031959--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IZK.ZduAYPTVQGvHWj1v3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/76e6c08bda39e800250f6a7067002d82.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, talks with business leaders during Japan's business organizations joint New Year's party in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Asian stocks cooled off Monday as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, talks with business leaders during Japan's business organizations joint New Year's party in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Asian stocks cooled off Monday as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stock markets headed lower Tuesday as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-down-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-034031959--finance.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2013 00:03:57 -0500asia-stocks-down-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-034031959--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-down-ahead-us-corporate-earnings-034031959--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IZK.ZduAYPTVQGvHWj1v3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/76e6c08bda39e800250f6a7067002d82.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, talks with business leaders during Japan's business organizations joint New Year's party in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Asian stocks cooled off Monday as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, talks with business leaders during Japan's business organizations joint New Year's party in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Asian stocks cooled off Monday as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stock markets headed lower Tuesday as investors turned cautious before U.S. earnings season kicks off this week.</p><br clear="all"/>TSX drops as miners weaken, focus on U.S. earnings<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-falls-prices-weigh-energy-miners-144720055--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GqCqFL_DumdWWzXjSphp4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-31T133050Z_1_CBRE8BU11JG00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MARKETS-CANADA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" align="left" title="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" border="0" /></a>TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index retreated on Monday as mining stocks were pressured by softer gold prices and investors braced for the upcoming U.S. fourth-quarter earnings season. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index's fall tracked declines on U.S. stock markets as cautious investors cashed in recent gains ahead of the earnings season. The U.S. results are expected to be only marginally stronger than the previous quarter's lackluster performance. "We're in earnings season in the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-falls-prices-weigh-energy-miners-144720055--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 17:23:21 -0500tsx-falls-prices-weigh-energy-miners-144720055--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-falls-prices-weigh-energy-miners-144720055--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GqCqFL_DumdWWzXjSphp4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-31T133050Z_1_CBRE8BU11JG00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MARKETS-CANADA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" align="left" title="Toronto Stock Exchange logo is seen in Toronto" border="0" /></a>TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index retreated on Monday as mining stocks were pressured by softer gold prices and investors braced for the upcoming U.S. fourth-quarter earnings season. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index's fall tracked declines on U.S. stock markets as cautious investors cashed in recent gains ahead of the earnings season. The U.S. results are expected to be only marginally stronger than the previous quarter's lackluster performance. "We're in earnings season in the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Stocks sink, pulling S&P 500 down from 5-year high<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-sink-pulling-p-500-down-5-high-211609583--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IahCk4Ima_M7xqAv9Nwgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3c9afc91daceeb00250f6a706700b900.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Investors started the week on a cautious note, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-sink-pulling-p-500-down-5-high-211609583--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 16:43:36 -0500stocks-sink-pulling-p-500-down-5-high-211609583--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-sink-pulling-p-500-down-5-high-211609583--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IahCk4Ima_M7xqAv9Nwgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3c9afc91daceeb00250f6a706700b900.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Investors started the week on a cautious note, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>Wall St edges off 5-year high, awaits earnings<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-retreats-5-high-focus-shifts-earnings-200218354--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z0hav2BjmoPO9BWRDaO1Ag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T200218Z_1_CDEE9061JNV00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks lost ground on Monday, as investors drew back from recent gains that lifted the S&P 500 to a five-year high, in anticipation of sluggish growth in corporate profits. Shares of financial companies dipped after a group of major U.S. banks agreed to pay a total of $8.5 billion to end a government inquiry into faulty mortgage foreclosures. The KBW bank index, a gauge of U.S. bank stocks, was down 0.3 percent. Other sectors were hit as well, most notably energy and utilities. The S&P 500 energy sector index fell 0.8 percent and the utilities sector was off 1. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-retreats-5-high-focus-shifts-earnings-200218354--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 16:29:13 -0500wall-st-retreats-5-high-focus-shifts-earnings-200218354--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-retreats-5-high-focus-shifts-earnings-200218354--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z0hav2BjmoPO9BWRDaO1Ag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T200218Z_1_CDEE9061JNV00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks lost ground on Monday, as investors drew back from recent gains that lifted the S&P 500 to a five-year high, in anticipation of sluggish growth in corporate profits. Shares of financial companies dipped after a group of major U.S. banks agreed to pay a total of $8.5 billion to end a government inquiry into faulty mortgage foreclosures. The KBW bank index, a gauge of U.S. bank stocks, was down 0.3 percent. Other sectors were hit as well, most notably energy and utilities. The S&P 500 energy sector index fell 0.8 percent and the utilities sector was off 1. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Wall Street edges off five-year high, awaits earnings<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stock-futures-slip-stocks-hit-five-high-124345209--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YrcCeWdeUAqjjsQvkKzGyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T201613Z_1_CBRE9061KB500_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks lost ground on Monday, as investors drew back from recent gains that lifted the S&P 500 to a five-year high, in anticipation of sluggish growth in corporate profits. Shares of financial companies dipped after a group of major U.S. banks agreed to pay a total of $8.5 billion to end a government inquiry into faulty mortgage foreclosures. The KBW bank index , a gauge of U.S. bank stocks, was down 0.3 percent. Other sectors were hit as well, most notably energy and utilities. The S&P 500 energy sector index fell 0.8 percent and the utilities sector was off 1.1 percent. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stock-futures-slip-stocks-hit-five-high-124345209--sector.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 16:24:51 -0500stock-futures-slip-stocks-hit-five-high-124345209--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stock-futures-slip-stocks-hit-five-high-124345209--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YrcCeWdeUAqjjsQvkKzGyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T201613Z_1_CBRE9061KB500_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks lost ground on Monday, as investors drew back from recent gains that lifted the S&P 500 to a five-year high, in anticipation of sluggish growth in corporate profits. Shares of financial companies dipped after a group of major U.S. banks agreed to pay a total of $8.5 billion to end a government inquiry into faulty mortgage foreclosures. The KBW bank index , a gauge of U.S. bank stocks, was down 0.3 percent. Other sectors were hit as well, most notably energy and utilities. The S&P 500 energy sector index fell 0.8 percent and the utilities sector was off 1.1 percent. ...</p><br clear="all"/>U.S. stocks fall from 5-year high; euro rises<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-stocks-fall-5-high-euro-rises-203449844--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/apaiSGKX4TkdntHIfJvMpg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T203449Z_1_CDEE9061L6400_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stock prices retreated from five-year highs on Monday, while the euro rose against the dollar on bets the European Central Bank might refrain from signaling more interest rate cuts on Thursday. The weakness in the equities market, partly due to caution ahead of companies beginning to report on their fourth-quarter earnings, spurred selling of oil, gold and other risky investments. This stoked some safety bids for U.S. and German government debt. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-stocks-fall-5-high-euro-rises-203449844--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 15:34:49 -0500u-stocks-fall-5-high-euro-rises-203449844--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-stocks-fall-5-high-euro-rises-203449844--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/apaiSGKX4TkdntHIfJvMpg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T203449Z_1_CDEE9061L6400_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stock prices retreated from five-year highs on Monday, while the euro rose against the dollar on bets the European Central Bank might refrain from signaling more interest rate cuts on Thursday. The weakness in the equities market, partly due to caution ahead of companies beginning to report on their fourth-quarter earnings, spurred selling of oil, gold and other risky investments. This stoked some safety bids for U.S. and German government debt. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Stocks sink, pushing S&P 500 down from 5-year high<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-sink-pushing-p-500-down-5-high-190625846--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IahCk4Ima_M7xqAv9Nwgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3c9afc91daceeb00250f6a706700b900.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks sank on Wall Street, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-sink-pushing-p-500-down-5-high-190625846--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 14:06:25 -0500stocks-sink-pushing-p-500-down-5-high-190625846--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-sink-pushing-p-500-down-5-high-190625846--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IahCk4Ima_M7xqAv9Nwgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3c9afc91daceeb00250f6a706700b900.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks sank on Wall Street, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>Stocks head lower, pushing S&P 500 down from high<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-head-lower-pushing-p-500-down-high-173152640--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IahCk4Ima_M7xqAv9Nwgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3c9afc91daceeb00250f6a706700b900.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks sank on Wall Street, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-head-lower-pushing-p-500-down-high-173152640--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 12:31:52 -0500stocks-head-lower-pushing-p-500-down-high-173152640--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-head-lower-pushing-p-500-down-high-173152640--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IahCk4Ima_M7xqAv9Nwgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3c9afc91daceeb00250f6a706700b900.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks sank on Wall Street, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>Stocks slip, pulling S&P 500 below its 5-year highNEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks are lower in midday trading on Wall Street, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from a five-year high it reached Friday.http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-slip-pulling-p-500-below-5-high-165506526--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 11:55:06 -0500stocks-slip-pulling-p-500-below-5-high-165506526--financeU.S. stocks slip before earnings; oil dips<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-stocks-slip-earnings-oil-dips-155208716--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NGgGCtbetvt80A6o0kNnFg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T155208Z_1_CDEE906182X00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-USA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Flag is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York" align="left" title="Flag is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock prices fell on Monday on worries about disappointing company results while world oil prices dipped on profit-taking, but signs of improvement in the global economy capped the losses. The dollar fell against the yen after rallying to a 2-1/2- year high last week, which some traders reckoned was overdone. But it strengthened against the euro on speculation over whether the European Central Bank might signal future interest rate cuts when ECB officials meet on Thursday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-stocks-slip-earnings-oil-dips-155208716--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 10:52:08 -0500u-stocks-slip-earnings-oil-dips-155208716--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-stocks-slip-earnings-oil-dips-155208716--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NGgGCtbetvt80A6o0kNnFg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T155208Z_1_CDEE906182X00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-USA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Flag is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York" align="left" title="Flag is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock prices fell on Monday on worries about disappointing company results while world oil prices dipped on profit-taking, but signs of improvement in the global economy capped the losses. The dollar fell against the yen after rallying to a 2-1/2- year high last week, which some traders reckoned was overdone. But it strengthened against the euro on speculation over whether the European Central Bank might signal future interest rate cuts when ECB officials meet on Thursday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Stocks open lower, pushing S&P 500 down from high<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-open-lower-pushing-p-500-down-high-152146275--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IahCk4Ima_M7xqAv9Nwgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3c9afc91daceeb00250f6a706700b900.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Monday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-open-lower-pushing-p-500-down-high-152146275--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 10:33:21 -0500stocks-open-lower-pushing-p-500-down-high-152146275--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-open-lower-pushing-p-500-down-high-152146275--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IahCk4Ima_M7xqAv9Nwgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3c9afc91daceeb00250f6a706700b900.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. World stocks cooled off Monday Jan. 7, 2013 as some investors sold shares to lock in profits following recent rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Monday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>Stocks open lower; S&P 500 eases from 5-year highNEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, pulling the S&P 500 index down from a five-year high it reached last week.http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-open-lower-p-500-eases-5-high-144815766--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 09:48:15 -0500stocks-open-lower-p-500-eases-5-high-144815766--financeNigerian banking stock index rises 4.7 pct<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-banking-stock-index-rises-4-7-pct-140107381--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8nEXsiOsHQDmZHy7oSIuYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T140107Z_1_AJOE90612XY00_RTROPTP_2_OZABS-NIGERIA-STOCKS-20130107.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Brokers work on the trading floor of the Nigerian stock exchange in the commercial capital Lagos" align="left" title="Brokers work on the trading floor of the Nigerian stock exchange in the commercial capital Lagos" border="0" /></a>LAGOS (Reuters) - The index of Nigeria's Top-10 banks closed up 4.7 percent on Monday, a significant gain for a sector which analysts expect to drive a stock market rally again this year. Nigerian stocks rose to a 32-month high last Monday, ending 2012 up 34 percent in the index's best performance over the last five years, led by growth in consumer goods and banking. The banking index gained 24 percent last year, but it trailed the consumer goods sector which rose 42 percent. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-banking-stock-index-rises-4-7-pct-140107381--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 09:39:54 -0500nigerian-banking-stock-index-rises-4-7-pct-140107381--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-banking-stock-index-rises-4-7-pct-140107381--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8nEXsiOsHQDmZHy7oSIuYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T140107Z_1_AJOE90612XY00_RTROPTP_2_OZABS-NIGERIA-STOCKS-20130107.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Brokers work on the trading floor of the Nigerian stock exchange in the commercial capital Lagos" align="left" title="Brokers work on the trading floor of the Nigerian stock exchange in the commercial capital Lagos" border="0" /></a>LAGOS (Reuters) - The index of Nigeria's Top-10 banks closed up 4.7 percent on Monday, a significant gain for a sector which analysts expect to drive a stock market rally again this year. Nigerian stocks rose to a 32-month high last Monday, ending 2012 up 34 percent in the index's best performance over the last five years, led by growth in consumer goods and banking. The banking index gained 24 percent last year, but it trailed the consumer goods sector which rose 42 percent. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Wall St set to slip after five-year high, before earnings<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-set-slip-five-high-earnings-140011925--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eXdewRuX53KE0t9riFOaew--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T140011Z_1_CDEE90612WD00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Wall Street sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="The Wall Street sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were set to fall at the open on Monday as markets are seen consolidating after the S&P 500 closed Friday at a five-year high and before this week's start of earnings season. Last week was the best for U.S. stocks in more than a year as a budget deal and economic data boosted investor confidence. Investors will likely turn their attention to the fourth-quarter earnings season that kicks off this week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-set-slip-five-high-earnings-140011925--finance.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 09:00:11 -0500wall-st-set-slip-five-high-earnings-140011925--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-set-slip-five-high-earnings-140011925--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eXdewRuX53KE0t9riFOaew--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-07T140011Z_1_CDEE90612WD00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Wall Street sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="The Wall Street sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were set to fall at the open on Monday as markets are seen consolidating after the S&P 500 closed Friday at a five-year high and before this week's start of earnings season. Last week was the best for U.S. stocks in more than a year as a budget deal and economic data boosted investor confidence. Investors will likely turn their attention to the fourth-quarter earnings season that kicks off this week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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