ADRIANA Garcia won’t be buying her family Christmas gifts this year.

US investors sold stocks moderately lower today, ending a five-day rally as rising oil prices and disappointing results from Lowes raised concerns about a slowdown in consumer spending.

A bad jobs report today halted Wall Street’s 2004 rally, sending stocks sharply lower as investors cashed in profits from the market’s recent advance.

The Dow Jones industrials and Standard & Poor’s 500 ended their five-day winning streak today as investors cashed in their profits.