Thursday, January 17, 2008

Techs, energy lead Wall St. lower




Jan 16 - Weak tech stocks led the Nasdaq to a near one-percent decline and the S&P 500 to its lowest close since November 2006.The Dow shed 34 points to 12,466. The S&P 500 lost 7 points to 1,373. The Nasdaq tumbled 23points to 2,394. Crude oil prices fell.

Conway Gittens reports from New York REUTERS VIDEO