Market Report: Stock Ticker

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A late sell off knocked the stock market sharply lower before closing near its worst point of the session. The Dow and the S&P 500 finished 1.8% and 1.3% lower, respectively. The Nasdaq closed with a modest loss.


Thursday s loss concluded what was an overall pessimistic session. The tone was set early on after disappointing economic data was unveiled.

According to the latest government data, the U.S. economy expanded 1.9% in the second quarter, missing 2.3% gain economists were expecting. Though the top line of this number is a bit disappointing, its downside surprise is to a negative impact from inventories. What is more, trends in consumer spending, business investment, exports, and government spending were generally better than forecast.

Many Wall Street pundits and economists believe U.S. economic growth will not return to its full potential until housing has successfully turned around. Former Fed Chairman Greenspan stated in an interview on CNBC that home prices are no where near a bottom. He also acknowledged there

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Searching for a price

There are a number of different routes you can use to access the price information.

From the main website homepage and from the Prices & news page you will see a Price Search panel with the instruction “Enter Name/code”. Here you can enter the company name, a TIDM code, a SEDOL code or an ISIN code. The search results will then display a list of all companies matching your search criteria. Clicking on the company name will then take you to the detailed price page for that company.

If there are a large number of stocks that match your search criteria they will be displayed on several separate pages. Navigate your way through these pages by clicking on the page numbers at the top or bottom of the table.

A more specific search facility is available within the Prices & News section by clicking on Companies & Prices. From this page you can search by name or code. You can also further define your search based on industry sector or index, by market, by international or landMARKTM region.

When you are in the Companies & Prices section you will see a number of options down the left hand navigation menu e.g. AIM, landMARK, techMARK mediscience, Covered Warrants etc. These options will take you to the relevant price search page.