How the major market indexes fared (AP)

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How the major market indexes fared (AP)

A man walks past Tokyo brokerage's electric signboard indicating Japanese stock index Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 257.19 points, or 3.1 percent, to 7,994.05 Friday, with a trio of factors rattling investors: an overnight decline on Wall Street, weak economic data and dismal corporate earnings forecasts. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP – Stocks sank Thursday on news that unemployment claims reached a record high and that new home sales hit a record low. The major stock indexes gave back all of Wednesday’s gains, and then some, after the grim economic readings.


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