Jittery stocks pull backConcerns about housing, consumer spending put a cloud on Wall Street at Tuesday's open.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks retreated early Tuesday amid new concerns about the housing slump and consumer spending. The Dow Jones industrial average eased 0.3 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 lost 0.4 percent, as did the Nasdaq composite index. Among stocks in the news Tuesday: Target (Charts, Fortune 500), Lowe's (Charts, Fortune 500), EchoStar Communications (Charts, Fortune 500), BP (Charts), Microsoft (Charts, Fortune 500) and Lennar (Charts, Fortune 500). |
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