NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell for a fourth straight session on Thursday, but indexes ended well off session lows with support from economic data and earnings, including Accenture's.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 40.31 points, or 0.23 percent, to 17,678.23, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 4.9 points, or 0.24 percent, to 2,056.15 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 13.16 points, or 0.27 percent, to 4,863.36.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
