Stocks drop as Italy heads for political disarray
By Bernard Condon, Steve Rothwell
Stocks are having a bad flashback to last spring, when fears about the European debt crisis sent the market spiraling lower.

Stocks are having a bad flashback to last spring, when fears about the European debt crisis sent the market spiraling lower.

Stocks slumped on Wall Street Thursday, suggesting that the rally which has pushed indexes close to record levels may have run its course.

Stocks were flat on Wall Street as the latest round of earnings reports failed to give investors an impetus to push the market’s recent rally forward.