CNBC
January 2, 2014
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Thursday, after closing out 2013 with double-digit gains, as a downgrade of Apple hit the technology sector and investors bypassed a decline in jobless claims and a strong manufacturing report.
Apple fell 1.5 percent after Wells Fargo downgraded its stock to market perform from outperform.
A report Thursday had applications for unemployment benefits falling by 2,000 to 339,000 last week.
This article was posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 10:01 am
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