Stock prices slumped in an opening session following a one-week decline but the market rose with the Nasdaq index going up temporarily after a Senate hearing with Federal Reserve chairman Greenspan.

• 早上开盘后，股价就延续周一的跌势，急挫而下，但联邦准备理事会主席葛林斯潘在国会作证后，盘势出现反弹，那斯达克指数曾短暂由黑翻红。