Monday, 18 June 2007

US STOCKS-Indexes barely budge, subprime worry creeps back

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, June 18 - U.S. stock indexes hardly
budged on Monday as the reemergence of turmoil in the subprime
mortgage market kept investors cautious despite a fresh round
of corporate takeovers.




Investors appeared increasingly concerned about the
condition of credit markets after a Wall Street Journal report
that Merrill Lynch & Co. had taken control of $400
million of loan assets underlying a troubled hedge fund at Bear
Stearns Cos. Inc. that was heavily invested in subprime loans.


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