Updated from 4:18 p.m. EST
Stocks fell Thursday despite an avalanche of better-than-expected sales reports from the nation's chain stores, as investors fretted about the subprime-lending market and the housing sector.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 29.24 points, or 0.23%, to 12,637.63, and the S&P 500 was off 1.71 points, or 0.12%, at 1448.31. The Nasdaq Composite was down 1.83 points, or 0.07%, to 2488.67.
Roughly 2.66 billion shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange. Decliners beat advancers by a 6-to-5 margin. Volume on the Nasdaq topped 2.01 billion shares, with losers outpacing winners 8 to 7. ...
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