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Empresas y finanzas

Banks pull Wall St lower; BofA down 11 pct


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday as bank shares slid following news of a tepid debut of a key U.S. Federal Reserve measure to revive lending.

    * JPMorgan dropped more than 4 percent to $23.80, making the stock one of the top drags on the Dow, while Bank of America plummeted 11 percent to $6.16.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average was down 28.20 points, or 0.38 percent, at 7,372.60. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 7.03 points, or 0.90 percent, at 777.01. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 14.96 points, or 1.01 percent, at 1,468.52.

    (Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)