Stock Trading Dominated by Bears as S&P 500 Nears August Low
- Volume for down days is 27 percent higher than up days
- Two industry groups are within 1 percent from breaching lows
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Bears are winning out when it comes to daily U.S. stock trading.
Volume on days when the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index falls has been 27 percent heavier than the up days this month. That’s about eight times the average gap in the past decade, data compiled by Bloomberg and Bespoke Investment Group LLC show.