Crash, Burn, Miserable, fraudulent markets ~
Stocks recouped some of their losses in a volatile trading session Friday but still finished lower as investors digested a handful of headlines from the euro zone and ahead of a key confident vote in Greece.
Stocks snapped a five-week winning streak, with major indexes down 2 to 3 percent across the board.
Major U.S. Indexes
.DJIA
11983.24
-61.23
-0.51%
.NCOMP
2686.15
-11.82
-0.44%
0
.SPX
1253.23
-7.92
-0.63%
0
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished lower, led by BofA [BAC 6.49 -0.42 (-6.08%) ] and Intel [INTC 23.74 -0.46 (-1.9%) ].
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also closed lower. The CBOE Volatility Index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, ended above 30.
All 10 S&P sectors ended in negative territory, led by financials and health care.