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Fri Nov 13, 2015, 09:36 PM Nov 2015

Wall Street drops, posts worst week since August

Source: Reuters

Wall Street fell sharply on Friday and capped off its worst week since the dark days of August, hurt by a selloff in technology companies, while department stores dropped on concerns about the upcoming holiday shopping season.

After the bell, U.S. stock index futures hit session lows in light volume, with market participants citing concerns over reports of deadly attacks in Paris.

"The geopolitical aspect is always out there, and anything that brings that back into the headlines will pull the buy orders fairly quickly," said Alan Lancz, president, Alan B. Lancz & Associates Inc, a Toledo, Ohio-based investment advisory firm.




Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/13/us-usa-stocks-idUSKCN0T21EB20151113#Xvu2oTWdu75TOpmy.97

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