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Reuters NEW YORK

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, with selling picking up late in the session, as investors cashed in some of the recent market gains after the S&P 500 set a record high last week.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 67.56 points or 0.41 percent, to 16,351.12, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 9.52 points or 0.51 percent, to 1,867.65 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 27.26 points or 0.63 percent, to 4,307.188.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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First Published: Mar 12 2014 | 1:35 AM IST

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