"U.S. stocks fell Monday as investors struggled to assess the financial fallout of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 51.24 points, or 0.43%, at 11,993.16. Earlier in the session, the measure dropped to its lowest intraday level in six weeks.

General Electric was the measure’s worst performer with a 2.2% drop. The company supplied reactor No. 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant about 150 miles from Tokyo."

Donna Kardos Yesalavich reports for MarketWatch March 14, 2011. [2]

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"Shares of La. Nuclear Cos. Take Hit on Earthquake" (ABC News)
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"Japan Nuclear Fears Lift Solar Stocks" (CNN Money)
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"Uranium Stocks Hit as Nuclear Fears Spread" (Canadian Press) 
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"Nuclear Stocks Tumble; Lubrizol Up on  Buyout" (Reuters)
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"Analysis: Betting on  Nuclear Shares a Gamble" (Reuters) [8]