Wall St. ends lower for third straight session

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York December 30, 2015. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York December 30, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street ended lower for a third straight session on Monday as tech stalwarts Microsoft and Apple dragged on indexes and investors braced for major economic and political events in the United States and Europe.

Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was down 132.17 points, or 0.74 percent, to 17,733.17, the S&amp 500 had lost 16.94 points, or 0.81 percent, to 2,079.13 and the Nasdaq Composite had dropped 46.11 points, or 0.94 percent, to 4,848.44.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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