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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 2002
Page
5
Investors dump stocks amid fears over corporate accounting and overseas conflicts. Tyco chief resigns and Microsoft agrees to settle misrepresentation charges as Nasdaq falls 3.3 percent to 1,562.56 and the Dow loses 215.46 points to 9,709.79.
Market report shows Dow Jones Industrial Average at 9709.79, off 215.46 points. S&P 500 sits at 1040.68, down 26.46. Nasdaq 1562.56 up 53.17. NYSE composite 558.16 and Wilshire 5000 at 9865.09 external figures. After hours NYSE volume totals 15.1 million, consolidated 1.58 billion. More issues lower in price (2313) than higher (879).
The Nasdaq fell to its lowest close since October 2 at 1,492.33, with the index dropping 2.5 percent as the sell-off accelerated in the final hour after the Dow dipped beneath 9,800 triggering programmed selling. Institutional investors typically set thresholds to dump stock blocks.
AP dispatch from Stockyards Peoria shows 1,400 hogs trading with barrows and gilts up 1.50, sows steady across weights, boars mixed by weight. Cattle trading about 100 head, slaughter steers and heifers near steady to slightly lower, cows not enough to fix a market. price ranges listed for various weight classes.
Tyco International chairman and chief executive L. Dennis Kozlowski resigned amid an investigation into potential personal sales tax avoidance. Interim CEO John Fort to lead Tyco as shares tumble about 27 percent. prosecutors reportedly probing trusts used to dodge New York state sales taxes.
Napster Inc filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware to support a sale to Bertelsmann AG for eight million dollars. The move follows a May 24 contract and aims to revive the idle Internet music sharing service while legal rulings had found the model illegal.
The treasurer of El Paso Corp., Charles D. Rice, 47, shot himself Sunday at his Houston home in a death police described as a personal safety related gunshot wound. Rice had worked 25 years at El Paso. company officials offered condolences and privacy on details. Harris County medical examiner noted a gunshot wound to the head but could not confirm suicide.
Rapid recent planting progress sent corn and soybean futures down sharply on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat rose. July wheat up 4.5 cents to 2.8675 dollars per bushel. July corn down 4.5 cents to 2.095 dollars. July oats up 12.75 cents to 1.974 dollars. July soybeans down 3.25 cents to 5.055 dollars.
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