By Ryan Vlastelica
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Thursday after three days of gains as earnings from JPMorgan and soft economic data from China reinforced worries about a slowing global economy.
China's trade surplus narrowed for a second straight month in September as both imports and exports were lower than expected, pointing to cooling domestic and global economic demand.
JPMorgan Chase & Co
The first major U.S. bank to announce earnings said profits were hurt as the European debt crisis pushed investment banking clients to the sidelines. The KBW Bank index <.BKX> shed 4.5 percent while Bank of America Corp
"People have known banks were going to struggle in this environment, but I'm still optimistic earnings will largely come in at lowered expectations," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott in Philadelphia.
With the S&P rising six out of the last seven sessions, the index has run up 11.4 percent from an intraday low hit last Tuesday. It had its largest seven-day rally since March 2009 on growing optimism European leaders were making progress in tackling the region's debt problems.
"We've had a pretty decent rally from the nadir, but we can't continue to go straight up in the absence of anything definite from Europe," Luschini said. "We've been rising on hope rather than anything tangible."
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was down 121.92 points, or 1.06 percent, at 11,396.93. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was down 15.21 points, or 1.26 percent, at 1,192.04. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was down 14.02 points, or 0.54 percent, at 2,590.71.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
In U.S. economic data, new claims for jobless benefits were little changed last week and the trade deficit narrowed marginally in August, indicating a modest improvement in the economy.
Google
A report on Wednesday that Akamai Technologies Inc
(Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Kenneth Barry)
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