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Dow, S&P 500 move lower after housing data


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and the S&P 500 indexes moved lower on Friday as a brief boost from September existing home sales data evaporated, and gains in the U.S. dollar diminished the appetite for riskier assets.

    The Nasdaq clung to a slight gain, however, after Microsoft Corp posted quarterly earnings above Wall Street's consensus estimate.

    The Dow Jones home construction index slipped 0.2 percent. It had risen by more than 1 percent following the housing data.

    The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 48.37 points, or 0.48 percent, to 10,032.94. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 5.36 points, or 0.49 percent, to 1,087.55. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 8.59 points, or 0.40 percent, to 2,173.88.

    (Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Padraic Cassidy)