US rate fears, poor China data weigh on markets

China's consumer price index reading -- the weakest since May -- came two days after Beijing data showed a sharp fall in imports and exports, adding to worries about the growth slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. In New York the Dow and S&P 500 both managed 0.2 percent gains. "Basically what we're seeing is a market that is struggling, and of course Apple is weighing on the indices," said economist Peter Cardillo.