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Chipmakers weigh down Nasdaq


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended losses on Friday, with the Nasdaq turning negative, weighed by biotechnology and chipmaker shares including Broadcom Corp .

    Among the top decliners was software company CA Inc , down 11 percent to $21.28.

    The Nasdaq rose more than 1 percent at the open lifted by gains in Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp .

    The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 65.90 points, or 0.65 percent, to 10,015.41. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 7.98 points, or 0.73 percent, to 1,084.93. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 1.89 points, or 0.09 percent, to 2,163.40.

    (Editing by Kenneth Barry)