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Dow cuts gains as banks drag; S&P, Nasdaq off


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials briefly turned negative in late afternoon trading on Monday and the S&P 500 extended losses as bank shares continued to slide, weighed by the uncertainty surrounding a financial regulation proposal.

    Caterpillar Inc , up more than 4 percent after posting results, kept the blue-chip Dow near break even.

    The Dow Jones industrial average gained 13.83 points, or 0.12 percent, to 11,218.11. But the Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 4.19 points, or 0.34 percent, to 1,213.09. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 5.13 points, or 0.20 percent, to 2,525.02.

    The S&P financial sector slipped 1.6 percent.

    (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Jan Paschal)