NEW YORK (AP) ? U.S. stocks are lower at midday because of worries over slowing economic growth in China and a bond exchange deal in Greece that may not be going according to plan.
The Dow Jones industrial average is down 78 points at 12,899. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is down nine points at 1,361. The Nasdaq composite index is lower by 26 at 2,949.
Investors are worried about the effect of a slowdown in China’s economy on global growth. China’s premier lowered China’s target growth rate Monday to 7.5 percent from 8 percent.
Further weighing on the market are worries that there aren’t enough private investors participating in a bond swap in Greece. That could make the European debt crisis worse.
