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Urgent: U.S. stocks slide for 5th consecutive session

Xinhua, January 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks continued losses for a fifth session Thursday, as investors were sifting through disappointing earnings from U.S. banks, economic data and a soaring Swiss franc after its cap against the euro was scrapped.

The Dow lost 0.6 percent, and the S&P 500 fell 0.9 percent while the Nasdaq dropped 1.5 percent. Endite