Service sector reports Contraction, Ignites Recession fears

Tags: Dow Jones, TSX, CME, NYSE Euronext, NYX, NMX, Nasdaq
5 Feb 3:33am
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Markets around North America tumbled Tuesday as an unexpected hit in the Services sector drove stocks to a large sell-off. The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P were all off about 3% while the Canadian TSX slid over 2.5%. Investors re-kindled recession fears on the news of a contracting indicator of service sector strength, and on that basis sold off stocks broadly. The research metric for the service

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