All that may point to a weaker stock market going forward.

However, some investors saw weaker stock prices as an opportunity to return to the market.

Whose house is it that believes that all Muggle-born wizards are weaker stock than the purebloods?

Call himself spent the day on the mare, weeding out the weaker stock, both cattle and horses.

Time Warner Inc TWX.N News Corp NWSa.N and CBS Corp CBS.N shares also fell sharply in a broadly weaker stock market.

Europe's banking index was up 0.4 percent in a generally weaker stock market by 9:50 a.m.

The deterioration in the public finances combined with weaker stock markets has triggered a sharp decline in consumer sentiment on concerns about economic prospects.

CBS shares fell $1, or 3.67 percent, to close at $26.28 on Tuesday in a broadly weaker stock market.

Weaker stock prices, as world stock markets stalled near 18-month highs, also fed the bid for safe-haven U.S. debt.

U.S. Treasuries rallied on Wednesday as weaker stocks, a jump in crude oil and rumoured investment banking losses drew buyers back to safe-haven government debt.