Stocks slip at Friday openU.S. markets hit by $90-a-barrel oil, earnings reports, weak dollar.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks stepped back early Friday as investors considered $90-a-barrel oil, a weak dollar and some major earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 0.4 percent. The Nasdaq composite index dipped 0.1 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 index eased 0.2 percent. Among stocks in the news Friday: Google (Charts, Fortune 500), Wachovia (Charts, Fortune 500), McDonald's (Charts, Fortune 500), 3M (Charts, Fortune 500), Honeywell (Charts, Fortune 500) and Caterpillar (Charts, Fortune 500). |
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