NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street closed its best third quarter since 2010 after a wave of central bank actions sparked a dramatic reversal in equity markets, but signs of weakness in the economy on Friday pushed stocks lower.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> dropped 48.84 points, or 0.36 percent, to end unofficially at 13,437.13. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> dropped 6.48 points, or 0.45 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,440.67. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> dropped 20.37 points, or 0.65 percent, to close unofficially at 3,116.23.
For the third quarter, the S&P 500 gained 5.8 percent, while the Dow rose 4.3 percent and the Nasdaq climbed 6.2 percent.
(Reporting by Edward Krudy; Editing by Jan Paschal)
