U.S. markets pull towards breaking even

October 4th, 2011 by InvestorPoint

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) — U.S. markets were mixed Tuesday after Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke testified that policy makers had more stimulus options left. Bernanke also painted a dour picture saying the U.S. economic recovery is close to “faltering.” Markets had headed lower earlier, but put brakes on the skid after Bernanke testified. On Wall Street in early afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 100.50 points, 0.94 percent, to 10,554.80. The Standard Poor’s 500 index…continued
                                 

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