Friday, May 25, 2007

Wall Street closes sharply lower on rate worries

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, as interest-rate concerns spurred investors to lock in profits from the market's spring rally.

News that sales of new homes climbed at their fastest pace in 14 years signaled a slowdown in housing may have bottomed out, but it also put the Fed's cut in official rates further out on the horizon. A steady rise in bond yields has investors worried about higher borrowing costs.


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