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Wall Street sinks further on bank gloom


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid further on Thursday, sending indexes down more than 1 percent, as investors sold off financial shares on worries about the fate of the beleaguered banking sector and signs that the recession is deepening.

    * Financial sector drags included Bank of America , down 13.3 percent to $3.96, and Citigroup , off 13.1 percent at $2.52.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average was down 83.39 points, or 1.10 percent, at 7,472.24. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 8.79 points, or 1.11 percent, at 779.63. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 22.16 points, or 1.51 percent, at 1,445.81.

    (Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Leslie Adler)