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Wall Street stocks start 2016 on weak note

Shares fall 4.2% in the last five sessions, with little reason for optimism amid global threats, corporate weakness

Published Fri, Jan 8, 2016 · 09:50 PM

New York

WALL Street has started the New Year where it ended 2015, with a host of factors unnerving investors. US stocks have fallen 4.2 per cent in the last five sessions, and there is little reason for optimism amid the international threats and corporate weakness that have prompted accelerated selling.

It may get worse before it improves…

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