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Dow slips after US economic growth disappoints

The Columbian
Published: January 26, 2012, 4:00pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing mostly lower on news that the U.S. grew at a slower pace than expected in the fourth quarter.

A slump in the Dow Jones industrial average pushed the index down for the week, the first time that has happened in 2012. The index had risen three weeks in a row and is up 4 percent this year.

The Dow fell 74 points, or 0.6 percent, to 12,660. The S&P 500 fell 2 to 1,316. The Nasdaq composite edged up 11 to 2,817.

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the final three months of last year. Economists had expected 3 percent.

Nearly two stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was light at 3.9 billion shares.

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