Monday, February 25th, 2008...1:14 pm
Stock market opens lower
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Stock markets backed off from early gains as early enthusiasm over a possible bailout for bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc. seemed to fade.
Investors also were expected to focus again on the troubled housing sector, with home-improvement chain Lowe’s reporting a lower profit. Also on tap: U.S. data on existing home sales.
The early action marked “a slow fade from a big pop based on what was happening with Ambac, but that doesn’t take away from all the issues still going on: higher energy prices and the slowing economy are still in the background,” said Paul Nolte, director of investments at Hindsdale Associates. (marketwatch)
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