Wall St. falls, weighed by energy, defensive shares

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday weighed by energy shares as crude prices continued to fall, while high-yielding utilities and telecom shares also sold off as Treasury yields jumped.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 61.49 points, or 0.36 percent, to 16,987.51, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 11.91 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,985.54 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 24.21 points, or 0.53 percent, to 4,567.60.

The major Wall Street indexes posted a weekly decline after five straight weeks of gains.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski)