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U.S. equities dropped on Monday as investors stepped back to the side lines, awaiting the beginning of the new corporate earnings season starting on Tuesday. The S&P index tumbled 0.3% to 1,461.89 after closing at its highest since 2007 last week. All but two sectors declined in the gauge. Celgene Corp, global biopharmaceutical company, was the best performer with its shares rallying 4.4% and triggering an increase in the health care group that gained 0.35%. Windstream Corporation, in turn, added 3.8% to $9.67, pacing gains in the best-performing telecommunications sector. Further losses in consumer services sector were halted by Amazon.com that surged 3.6% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the company's rating. Meanwhile, First Solar shares erased 6.6% to $31.37, prompting a 0.31% decline in the technology sector, while Tesoro Corp paced losses in the oil and gas sector by losing 5.5%. Furthermore, QEP Resources Inc. also lifted a drop in oil and gas shares by tumbling 5.1% to $29.78. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. lost 4.1% to $28.01 after its share was downgraded to underweight by JPMorgan.


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