NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks retreated on Thursday after three days of gains as oil prices fell and investors turned to less-risky assets like bonds.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 19.45 points, or 0.11 percent, to 17,985.6, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 3.58 points, or 0.17 percent, to 2,115.54 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 16.03 points, or 0.32 percent, to 4,958.62.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
