Stocks end rollercoaster session mixed; Dow has worst weekly drop ever - USATODAY.com

NEW YORK — Stocks capped their worst week ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials rocket within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually end with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses made many stocks tempting for traders looking for bargains. The Dow lost 128 points, giving the blue chips an eight-day loss of just under 2,400. The average had its worst week on record in both point and percentage terms, as did the Standard & Poor's 500 index, the indicator most watched by market professionals. MORE ACTION: IMF chief calls for countries to act forcefully together ON DEADLINE: Recordings of Treasury conference call offer 'rare inside look,' The hair-trigger mentality of... [read full story]