Stocks and Dollars

[at The Wall Street Journal] – Rough August for Dow The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day up 4.99 points, or 0.05%, at 10014.72. Blue chips fell 4.3% in August, the measure s worst performance for the month since 2001.

[at Reuters] – U.S. stocks ended little changed in choppy trading on Tuesday, closing out an August the bulls would like to forget. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 4.99 points, or 0.05 percent, to end unofficially at 10,014.72.

[at MarketWatch] – U.S. stocks ended Tuesday s session little changed but still finished the month with their worst August performance since 2001 amid growing concerns about the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday rose 4.99 points to end at 10,014.72.

[at MarketWatch] – The financial sector gives up some of its session gains after the release of the minutes of the latest Federal Reserve policy meeting highlight internal debate on the economic outlook.

[at MarketWatch] – Energy stocks rise with the broad market on Tuesday, as better-than-expected data on U.S. consumer confidence took the sting out of a losing month.

[at MarketWatch] – U.S. stocks fell in afternoon trading Tuesday, whipsawed by some bright spots among the economic data and a report on the Federal Reserve s latest monetary policy meeting. Shedding earlier gains, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 27 points, or 0.3%, to 9,982.4, led by a drop in Boeing , Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. shares.

[at Reuters] – U.S. stocks turned negative in a volatile session on Tuesday, weighed down by technology, energy and industrial shares. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 31.26 points, or 0.31 percent, to 9,978.47.