NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks added to losses on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq down more than 2 percent, pressured by declines in the financial and technology sectors and after data showed new home sales fell in December by its largest monthly decline since 1994.
* Continued jobless claims hit highest on record.
* The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 117.88 points, or 1.41 percent, to 8,257.57. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> lost 16.86 points, or 1.93 percent, to 857.23. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> slipped 29.84 points, or 1.91 percent, to 1,528.50.
(Editing by James Dalgleish)
