Volatile Stocks Confound Investors; Dow industrials climb 211 points, lifting blue-chip index to its first weekly gain of year, as investors reassess outlooks for global growth

A volatile start to the year--the Dow had fallen more than 550 points at one point on Wednesday, before paring losses to close the day off 249 points--had sent markets reeling around the globe amid concerns about whether an economic slowdown in China would spill over to the U.S. On Friday, the Dow J...

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Published in:The Wall Street journal. Eastern edition 2016-01-22
Main Authors: Strumpf, Dan, Eisen, Ben
Format: Newspaper Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Commercial credit
Crude oil prices
Economic conditions
Economic crisis
Investments
Profits
Recessions
Stock exchanges
Volatility
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Summary:A volatile start to the year--the Dow had fallen more than 550 points at one point on Wednesday, before paring losses to close the day off 249 points--had sent markets reeling around the globe amid concerns about whether an economic slowdown in China would spill over to the U.S. On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.3%, to 16093.51, up 0.7% on the week.
ISSN:2574-9579