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Stock market falls; energy shares sink


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dropped and briefly hit session lows in late morning trading on Friday, with shares of energy companies falling as oil dropped more than $3 a barrel. An S&P index of energy stocks lost 1.8 percent.

    Earlier, data showed the unemployment rate declined in January but that employers unexpectedly cut jobs.

    The Dow Jones industrial average was down 65.37 points, or 0.65 percent, at 9,936.81. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 6.83 points, or 0.64 percent, at 1,056.28. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 5.06 points, or 0.24 percent, at 2,120.37.

    (Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Jan Paschal)