May ended with four days of gains in most indexes, but worries about gas prices, tornadoes and floods, Japan’s crisis, and Europe’s debt woes pulled the S&P 500 down 1.4% in May — the index’s first down month since August. Yesterday, stocks ended higher. There was more bad news on US housing, but signs a deal may prevent Greece from defaulting on its debt.
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