Wall Street falters on euro zone jitters

US stocks slipped on Thursday, taking a step back from their recent advance, prompted by comments by the ECB president on the euro and Europe's outlook.

February 08, 2013 / 07:51 IST

US stocks slipped on Thursday, taking a step back from their recent advance, prompted by comments by the ECB president on the euro and Europe's outlook.

The Dow Jones industrial average unofficially ended down 43.00 points, or 0.31 percent, at 13,943.52. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 2.81 points, or 0.19 percent, to 1,509.31. The Nasdaq Composite Index was off 3.34 points, or 0.11 percent, to 3,165.13.

first published: Feb 8, 2013 07:50 am

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