U.S. stocks drop amid weaker holiday season

Wall Street stocks closed lower on Tuesday with the benchmark indexes Dow Jones and S&P 500 falling for the third straight session from record highs reached in recent sessions amid concerns that shopping season during Thanksgiving holiday was weaker than expected. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 0.59% to 15,914.62 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 0.32% to 1,795.15.