U.S. stocks fall despite 5.7% jump in Japan's Nikkei - Washington Post

U.S. stocks fell in early trading Wednesday on escalating concerns about the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan, despite large gains in Japan’s Nikkei stock index overnight.

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As Japan evacuated workers over fears of radiation, the European Union’s energy chief and the French interior minister both said separately that they believe the nation was losing control of the situation. The French government urged its nationals to leave the country or head south.

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Investors were also reacting to a slew of other bad news that came in the hours before the market opened: increasing violence in Bahran and U.S. housing construction numbers and wholesale costs that were worse than expected.

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U.S. stocks fall despite 5.7% jump in Japan's Nikkei - Washington Post