NEW YORK, Dec. 5 -- U. S. stock indexes declined Friday after the Labor Department said unemployment had reached 6.7 percent in a recession now digging it its heels.
The U. S. employment picture includes 533,000 non-farm jobs lost in November, 403,000 lost in October and 320,000 in September, the department said.
In early afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 136.83 points, or 1.63 percent, to 8,239.41. The Standard and Poor's 500 fell 1.67 percent, 14.09 points, to
831.13. The Nasdaq composite index lost 15.85 points, 1.1 percent, to 1,429.71.
The benchmark 10-year U. S. Treasury bond fell 8/32 to yield 2.584 percent.
The Sensex slipped below 9,000-mark on account of continued buying action witnessed across board. 
Tokyo - Tokyo stocks ended trading down Friday, as concerns over upcoming US employment data sniffed out modest gains made earlier that day as investors tried to snap up bargains.
The retail securitization market of India has shown greater stability and it is performing even better than the developed countries such as US. It is said by the leading rating agency Crisil, on Wednesday. The country has set a record of better securitization, even amid the unfavorable financial conditions in the world. 
Washington - Wall Street stock indices lost ground Thursday, as US carmakers asked Congress for a federal bail-out and oil prices fell to their lowest level in nearly four years.
