Dow was in the red all day, down 115 points at the close. That follows Wednesday's 30-point loss. No telling what all this means (volume has been low all month), but several cross currents are at play: Fresh speculation that the Federal Reserve might not open up the money spigot next month (at least not as much as anticipated); ongoing worries about Europe (a Citi research report says there's a 90 percent chance that Greece will leave the Eurozone); and middling-to-positive U.S. economic news. Dow closed at 13,057, which is up 6.9 percent year to date.
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