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U.S. stocks decline on downbeat data

Xinhua, December 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks pared early gains to end lower Wednesday, as the country's pending home sales data came out much worse than expected.

The Dow fell 0.56 percent, and the S&P 500 decreased 0.84 percent, while the Nasdaq lost 0.89 percent. Enditem