THE Dow Jones continued its downward trend yesterday, falling by 0.61 per cent ahead of key jobs figures which will be released today. The Dow, which has taken a battering this week, staged a recovery in late trading to finish 39.66 points lower.
Other international stock markets remained deeply nervous ahead of the US payroll figures, especially after Wall Street opened up yesterday with a 50 point fall.
Price changes in Dublin and London were marginal but the tone in the market was negative with many dealers fearing a substantial sell off, if the key non farm payroll figures come in much ahead of the average forecast of 182,000 new jobs.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/VR3765MFOBH2NMV2QNICYDF67M.png)