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Empresas y finanzas

Wall Street falls on job woes and energy


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell at the open on Friday as sign of further deterioration in the labor market fueled concerns that the recession is deepening.

    Highlights:

    * A profit warning from Dow component Chevron , whose shares fell 2.1 percent, dragged energy shares lower.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average was down 72.56 points, or 0.83 percent, at 8,669.90. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 9.51 points, or 1.05 percent, at 900.22. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 19.56 points, or 1.21 percent, at 1,597.45.

    (Editing by James Dalgleish)