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Stocks end tough quarter with S&P 500 off 12 pct (AP)

AP – BAD END TO A BAD QUARTER: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 96 points Wednesday. The Dow and the Standard & Poor’s 500 had their lowest closes for the year. The S&P 500 lost 11.9 percent during the second quarter, while the Dow lost 10 percent.

Chastened Wall Street braces for mediocre jobs report (AFP)

Stock specialists watch prices at their post on the floor just before the opening bell in May 2010 at the New York Stock Exchange. The US stock markets, chastened by less encouraging US economic indicators, face a key monthly jobs report next week that could prove negative for the first time in five months.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP – The US stock markets, chastened by less encouraging US economic indicators, face a key monthly jobs report next week that could prove negative for the first time in five months.

Bank stocks rally after financial regulation deal (AP)

AP – BANKS OUTPERFORM: Bank stocks rallied after lawmakers agreed on a financial regulation bill. The bill was milder than investors feared, so they were reassured that financial companies’ profits won’t be devastated.

Wall Street sign goes for $116.5K in NYC (AP)

This undated photo provided by Christie's shows a vintage street sign that once marked an intersection near the New York Stock Exchange.  The enamel 'Broad St.' and 'Wall St.' sign, which once stood in front of the former headquarters of J.P. Morgan & Company,  is scheduled to be sold at Christie's in New York on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Christie's) NO SALESAP – A vintage sign that once marked an intersection near the New York Stock Exchange has sold for $116,500 at auction.

US stocks brace for volatile week (AFP)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange minutes after the opening bell on June 7 in New York City. US stocks ended the week more than two percent higher amid optimism over the global economic recovery, but as Wall Street braced for a volatile week with a heavy dose of US economic data.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP – US stocks ended the week more than two percent higher amid optimism over the global economic recovery, but as Wall Street braced for a volatile week with a heavy dose of US economic data.