Stock Market Quotes

PERTH, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Macquarie Group has cut its forecast for Brent crude oil prices by over 20 percent to an average $59 a barrel over 2009, it said on Monday, citing weaker world oil consumption and high stock levels. The Australian bank's ...

A very anemic reading on retail sales and worries about the banking industry pounded stocks early Wednesday. The Commerce Department said retail sales dropped 2.7 percent, more than double the 1.2 percent decline analysts expected. In midmorning ...