U.S. equities down as Senate votes for leaving the automatic spending cuts unchanged

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U.S. equities fell from their gains earlier this week, as a vote of Senate kept the automatic spending cuts of $85 billion. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 0.1% to close at 1,514.68 after earlier surging as much as 0.6%. Only five out of ten groups in the index advanced. Mylan Inc. rose 3.6% to $29.61 at its close as the drug maker decided to purchase the injectable medicine unit in India on its plans to become one of the three global providers. Furthermore, Range Resources Corp. climbed 3.5% to $76.80 and lifted oil and gas sector that was 0.1% up. J.C. Penney Company Inc. Holdings Sales slumped 17% to $17.57 after the retailer posted the lowest annual sales revenue in over 20 years. Intuitive Surgical erased 11.1%, as the robots provider in surgery is currently being investigated by U.S. regulators over its products safety. Cablevision Systems Corp. eased 9.6% after posting operating loss.
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