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Dow Jones Industrial Average

Last Updated at 20 May 2013, 16:04 ET *Chart shows local time Dow Jones intraday chart
value change %
15335.28 -
-19.12
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-0.12

Top winner and loser

Alcoa Inc.

8.76 +
+0.15
+
+1.74

Merck & Co. Inc.

45.21 -
-0.78
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-1.70
value change %

Nasdaq Index

3496.43 -
-2.54
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-0.07

S&P 500 Cash Index - Chicago Mercantile Exchange

1666.29 -
-1.18
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-0.07

(Close): Shares in New York had a flat start to the trading week.

News that internet search engine giant Yahoo was buying blogging platform Tumblr failed to spark much in the way of share price action, leaving Yahoo up 0.23%.

The Dow Jones closed down 0.1% at 15,335 points in light trading volume and the S&P 500 index also fell 0.1% to 1,666.

Pharmaceutical firm Merck was the Dow's biggest loser, down 1.7%.

The shares fell after US authorities questioned dosage levels of its experimental insomnia drug.

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