US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Weak economic data weighs on Wall Street

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 (Reuters) – Weak economic reports put pressure on US stocks on Thursday after the recent wave of market gains, and a decline in health stocks added to the downtrend.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average Index fell 103.13 points, or 0.4%, to 25,851.31, the S & P 500, from 9.69 points, or 0.35%, to 2,775 points. , 01 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 29.36 points, or 0.39%, to 7,459.71. (Caroline Valetkevitch report, edited by James Dalgleish)