4:20 pm : With foreign markets rallying on Friday in the wake of the U.S. stock market making a striking recovery run from its lows on Thursday, and Texas Instruments (TXN) providing a reassuring mid-quarter update, hopes were high entering today's session that the bullish momentum would continue.� It didn't.
Once again,�concerns about rising interest rates and their impact on economic growth took the life out of the market, which ended the session�close to�its intra-day low.� The lack of follow-through buying interest was surprising in some respects
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