Wild Market Finishes Week Just a Bit Lower (at CNBC)

WALL STREET, STOCKS, DOW JONES, NASDAQ, S&P, BANKS, GENERAL ELECTRIC, EARNINGS, MORGAN STANLEY, GOLDMAN SACHS, CAPITULATION, LIQUIDATION, JIM ROGERS After trading in a 1,000-point range for the first time ever, stocks ended the day with a whimper, closing slightly lower amid hopes that the holiday weekend could bring good news. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor's 500 both finished the day about 1 percent lower, while the tech gauge Nasdaq finished with only modest losses. Surprisingly strong bank stocks had been holding forth and barred the door from further losses. A steep round of selling seemed to reflect a lack of confidence in the government's attempts to shore up bank balance sheets and to provide liquidity into the market. "All of the workings of government to try to not let the credit crisis run... [read full story]