Stocks Close Lower, Xilinx Pressures Tech
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Stocks extended a New Year's slide on  Wednesday as a lower revenue outlook from chip maker Xilinx  Inc. XLNX.O hurt technology shares, while a dividend increase  by insurer American International Group Inc. AIG.N helped to  limit blue-chip losses.
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Blue chips closed lower Friday after a volatile last hour of trade, as rumours of financial troubles among hedge funds unnerved the market, causing a reversal of earlier solid gains, with Wall Street holding up but coming off highs.
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Stocks declined on Tuesday, weighed down by losses in the technology sector after microchip maker National Semiconductor Corp.  cut its quarterly revenue forecast.
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U.S. stocks were headed for a lower  open on Tuesday, dragged down by a batch of disappointing  earnings news, including a sales warning from chip maker  Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N
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Blue chips ended lower on Monday,  under pressure from disappointing Thanksgiving sales from No. 1  retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, while tech stocks drew  support from Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O and drove the Nasdaq  to its highest close in 10 months.
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US BLUE-chip stocks ended lower in very light holiday trade yesterday after steel shares fell as investors worried that weaker demand from China may depress prices.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks closed lower in  thin trade  on Thursday after data gave a mixed picture of the  U.S. economy and steel shares fell as investors worried that  slowing demand from China could depress prices.
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U.S. tech stocks fell on Wednesday  after chip maker Xilinx Inc. XLNX.O cut its revenue outlook,  while airline stocks took a beating after No. 3 U.S. carrier  Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL.N cut fares.
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US stocks opened slightly lower on Monday as chip maker Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fell after a broker downgrade, weakening technology shares, while a drop in crude
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US stocks fell, led by semiconductor makers including Intel Corp. after Xilinx Inc. and Altera Corp., the largest makers of programmable computer chips, lowered their sales forecasts as some customers cut orders.
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The FTSE 100 closed sharply lower Tuesday -- its lowest level for over a year -- as a 9.8 billion dollars Q4 loss from Citigroup and weaker than expected retail sales sent the Dow into an early three-figure dive, with retailers back in the spotlight after Christmas trading updates from Tesco and Debenhams.
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Leading shares closed modestly lower, ending not far from mid-afternoon lows as Wall Street put in a cautious morning performance in reaction to weaker than expected US data and a fresh rise in crude prices, dealers said.
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Japan's Nikkei stock average fell to a one-week low by midsession on Thursday after some tech issues were hit by a bearish outlook from U.S. chip maker Xilinx Inc.
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The Australian sharemarket closed lower today, dragged down by weakness in resources and media stocks. The benchmark S&amp;P/ASX 200 index was 14.
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Leading shares closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker after investors received mixed news on US housing data, with Tesco remaining down in the blue chips following disappointing first-quarter UK sales growth.
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Tokyo shares end lower    TOKYO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower on Tuesday, as the market still affected by a sharp decline in Japan' s machinery orders data released Monday.   The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 75.04 points, or 0.48 percent, to end at 15,719.34.
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Stock prices closed mixed on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 45 points to 10,547. Decliners on the New York Stock Exchange outnumbered advancers by a nine-to-seven margin.