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Urgent: U.S. stocks decline on profit taking

Xinhua, July 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks ended lower amid lackluster quarterly results Tuesday, as investors were looking for excuses to lock in gains after the Nasdaq Composite Index's three-session record run.

The Dow dropped 1.0 percent, and the S&P 500 lost 0.4 percent, while the Nasdaq was down 0.2 percent. Endite