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Bin Laden Casts Shadow Over Stock Market
By Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - A video appearance by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in which he said the United States may face renewed attacks, cast a shadow over the outlook for the U.S. stock market, analysts said on Friday. Bin Laden, in a video shown on al Jazeera TV just four days before the U.S. presidential election, said the United States could face more attacks because the reasons for mounting the strikes of Sept. 11, 2001, still existed. The news broke after the U.S. stock market closed on Friday. The bin Laden video appearance -- his first in more than a year -- makes the outlook murkier for stocks, when Wall Street begins trading on Monday. After the market closed on Friday, S&P 500 futures initially inched lower and then rose. But there were few traders around late Friday after the closing bell. "If the markets were open, it would be a temporary downward impact, then dissipate." said John Davidson, president of Partner Re Asset Management Corp., when asked about the impact of bin Laden's threats. "It highlights the importance of defense against terrorism. That could tilt toward Bush, but I don't think it's his intent." The latest polls show the race between President Bush and the Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, too close to call. Bin Laden looked healthy and spoke forcefully in the video. He said he thought of the idea of attacking the U.S.
skyscrapers when he saw Israeli aircraft bombing tower blocks in Lebanon in 1982. "As I watched the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it occurred to me to punish the unjust in the same way ... to destroy towers in America so that it can taste some of what we are tasting and to stop killing our children and women," bin Laden said. On Friday, U.S. blue-chip stocks ended higher, helped by gains in energy companies, although investors showed caution before next Tuesday's presidential election. Continued ...
Source: reuters.com