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Empresas y finanzas

Wall St. slips on AmEx and tech sell-off


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday after American Express Co said the number of people struggling to make credit card payments grew, erasing earlier optimism that banks could return to profit in the downturn.

    An index of semiconductor shares fell 3.6 percent, following a 13 percent rise last week.

    The Dow Jones industrial average shed 7.01 points, or 0.10 percent, to end unofficially at 7,216.97. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 2.66 points, or 0.35 percent, to 753.89. The Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled 27.48 points, or 1.92 percent, to 1,404.02.

    (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Jan Paschal)