Wall Street stocks slide, dollar hits eight-month high (12/10/16)
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Wall Street stocks slide, dollar hits eight-month high
Slumping crude prices and a dour start to Wall Street’s corporate earnings season pulled down U.S. and European equities on Tuesday, while the dollar hit an eight-month high on increasing bets U.S. interest rates will rise in December.
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Forex Quotes:
USDJPY: 103.88
EURUSD: 1.1018
Indices:
S&P 500: 2,133.10
NASDAQ : 5,231.56
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