Stocks recover to show narrower loss by end of day

Stocks recover to show narrower loss by end of day

The Standard & Poor's 500 almost got to break-even late in the day today (at 3:28 p.m. New York time) but stocks couldn't hold the line. Still the 0.81% loss at the close for the index as much better than the 2.99% loss at 10:45 this morning. That was the pattern...