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Senator's bank comment sinks Wall Street


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks extended losses on Friday, with the S&P down more than 2.5 percent after U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd said the nationalization of banks is a possibility, according to a Bloomberg report.

    * Shares of Bank of America and Citigroup tumbled over 22 percent to session lows on the news.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 180.80 points, or 2.42 percent, to 7,285.15. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index tumbled 20.26 points, or 2.60 percent, at 758.68. The Nasdaq Composite Index slid 18.75 points, or 1.30 percent, to 1,424.07.

    (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Leslie Adler)