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Stocks fall slightly on ISM report


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell slightly on Friday after the ISM manufacturing report indicated the lowest level for U.S. manufacturing since 1980 and the lowest level ever for its new orders index.

    * Financial companies were among the main laggards on the S&P 500 index.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average edged down 0.47 points, or 0.01 percent, at 8,775.92. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 2.14 points, or 0.24 percent, at 901.11. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.28 points, or 0.14 percent, at 1,574.75.

    (Reporting by Deepa Seetharaman; Editing by Dan Grebler)