Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:40:04 GMT
U.S. stocks fall as investors take profits
Wall Street shares ended lower on their first trading session in the new year as traders took profits after the benchmark index Standard & Poor's 500 recorded its best yearly performance since 1997. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.82% to 16,441.35, the S&P 500 Index lost 0.89% to 1,831.98 and the Nasdaq Composite Index slid 0.80% to 4,143.07.