Wall St. stumbles over high bond yields, health stocks

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FILE PHOTO - Traders work on the floor of the NYSE in New York
FILE PHOTO – Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

January 30, 2018

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell for the second straight day on Tuesday as healthcare stocks and rising bond yields weighed on all three major U.S. indexes.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> fell 361.83 points, or 1.37 percent, to 26,077.65, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 31.06 points, or 1.09 percent, to 2,822.47 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 64.02 points, or 0.86 percent, to 7,402.48.

(Reporting by Stephen Culp; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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