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Wall St loses ground on Caterpillar comments


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow Jones industrial average dipped on Tuesday, while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 added losses, after Caterpillar Inc , a major economic bellwether, said it expected a "challenging" third quarter.

    The U.S. machinery maker also announced plans for a rolling shutdown of its factories during the period, tempering some of the optimism that followed its stronger-than-expected second quarter profit.

    CATERPILLAR (CAT.NY)s stock, up 5.4 percent at $38.63, pulled back from its intraday high of $41.45 and hit a session low following its outlook comments.

    The Dow Jones industrial average declined 10.43 points, or 0.12 percent, to 8,837.72. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 5.86 points, or 0.62 percent, to 945.27. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 12.09 points, or 0.63 percent, to 1,897.20.

    (Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Jan Paschal)