Barclays Specialist Geoffrey Friedman looks at his computer screen at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Daniel Kryger, left, and Kevin Lodewick Jr., right, follow trading from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Floor traders check their handheld computers at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Theresa Racine, a resident of Far Rockaway, and disabled former aerobics instructor, pauses with her American Red Cross coffee cup beside the Christmas tree in a warming tent provided by St. Francis de Sale Roman Catholic church in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. Both neighborhoods were severely affected by Superstorm Sandy. Residents admit there are few options for buying groceries and no restaurants are open, so many eat the meals provided in tents like this one. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Stocks closed lower after a weak holiday shopping report sent shares of major retailers lower. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 24 points to close at 13,114 Wednesday. It was the third straight loss for the Dow. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell six …
