Worries about the US economy were also exacerbated by a much weaker than expected reading on the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's manufacturing index, a key gauge of the strength of American industry.
A stronger than expected reading on consumer confidence buoyed stocks in New York Tuesday and insulated the market from the likelihood of a bankruptcy filing for General Motors.
A better than expected reading on consumer confidence lifted the Dow, as the index gained 196 points, the S&P 500 added 23 and the Nasdaq saw the best advance, up more than 3%, or 58 points.
U.S. stocks were higher halfway through today's session, after a smaller than expected drop in U.S. jobless claims last week and a Producer Price Index that gave a tamer than expected read on inflation, despite rising more than economists' estimates.
The market is so used to absorbing weak European data that the slightly worse than expected reading barely raised an eyebrow.
Those who do read every day are five times more likely to be above the expected reading level for their age than those who never read outside.
Learning Minister Alasdair Allan said more than 90% of pupils were within or above expected reading and writing levels.
The shorter than expected reads could have been due to a combination of factors in preparing the samples for sequencing such as the T7-based antisense RNA amplification method, the conversion of antisense RNA to cDNA, or during the shearing process of the cDNA to prepare the sequencing library.
As expected, read counts for sRNAs were lower than read counts for mRNAs.
In Indonesia, for example, "you see a much healthier economy than you might expect reading reports overseas," said Mark Baird, the World Bank's country director for Indonesia.
Despite being a slightly weaker-than-expected reading than the 93.5 that economists were looking for, it showed signs that the pickup in the U.S. labor market helped to bolster consumers' attitudes on job creation, with 19.2% consumers believing there will be more jobs in six months.
