DBI Today: 48.8 (+0.1)

The index ticked up a fraction but stayed stubbornly below the 50 neutral line, as fresh record highs for US tech stocks were almost entirely cancelled out by sharp falls across Europe, another jump in oil, and a slide in consumer mood to a fresh all-time low. In plain English: the gap between Wall Street and the real economy got wider, not narrower.
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