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Wall Street ends down as investors book profits

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Reuters NEW YORK

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped on Friday, as investors booked profits in momentum names heading into the weekend, wiping out early gains that had pushed the S&P 500 to an intraday record high.

Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 32.59 points or 0.20 percent, to end unofficially at 16,298.46. The S&P 500 slipped 5.75 points or 0.31 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,866.26. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 42.498 points or 0.98 percent, to close unofficially at 4,276.788.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Jan Paschal)

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First Published: Mar 22 2014 | 3:27 AM IST

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