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Dow Falls After Tuesday’s Gains: Acadiana Business Index
U.S. stocks drop on an up-and-down week so far. Mark Lasseigne has your market update on today's Acadiana Business Index.
- U.S. stocks fall on a gloomy assessment of the U.S. economy from the Federal Reserve. The economy kept grew slightly in September but prospects for the future appeared to be dimming.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 72 points to 11,505.
- Technology stocks added to the decline, after Apple's surprise earnings disappointment. Apple's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue fell short of expectations. Sales of iPhones also disappointed. APPL down 5.6% to $398.62.
- In economic news, consumer prices rose in September, while inflation - excluding energy and food costs, rose by only 0.1%. Separately, U.S. home building jumped in September, as apartment and condominium construction surged. But building permits, a gauge of future construction, fell from a month earlier.
- Crude oil closed at $86.29 a barrel.
- And Gold settled at $1,646 an ounce.
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