NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street briefly extended losses on Thursday after a survey found factory activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region contracted for the second straight month.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was down 29.97 points, or 0.28 percent, at 10,542.76. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was down 4.18 points, or 0.37 percent, at 1,120.89. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was down 5.19 points, or 0.23 percent, at 2,296.13.
Wall Street had opened lower as jobless claims dropped to a two-month low but still remained high.
(Reporting by Angela Moon; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
