Banks Weigh on the Dow
Author: Jonathan Cheng</br></br>The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the fourth day in five after a day of choppy trading that saw the markets dragged down by financial stocks.</br></br>The blue-chip index was able, however, to finish above the 11000 mark, helped by strong earnings by retailers.</br></br>The Dow finished down 15.62 points, or 0.14%, at 11007.88, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 0.25 points to 1178.59 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 6.17 points to 2476.01.</br></br>Financial stocks led the declines, after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Reserve will require all 19 banks that underwent stress tests during the height of the financial crisis to undergo another review of their capital and their ability to absorb losses under an "adverse" economic scenario.