NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended near their session lows on Tuesday, in a retreat from the previous session's sharp rally, but the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite posted their ninth consecutive quarter of gains.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 200.12 points, or 1.11 percent, to 17,776.19, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 18.35 points, or 0.88 percent, to 2,067.89 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 46.56 points, or 0.94 percent, to 4,900.88.
For the quarter, the Dow fell 0.3 percent, the S&P added 0.4 percent and the Nasdaq rose 3.5 percent.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
