Markets Close Lower; Homebuilders Sink, China’s Acquisition Fever
May 29, 2013 at 17:32 PM EDT
A downward drag ruled the day Wednesdeay with nagging worries about rising interest rates and the consumer. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 106.59 points, or 0.69%, to 15,302.80 after falling as much as 179 points. It was the lagest one-day decline this month. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was down 11.70 points, or [...]