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New York, Sep 18 US stocks finished lower as shares of big tech names struggled, weighing on the market.On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 130.40 points, or 0.47 per cent, to 27,901.98. The S&P 500 fell 28.48 points, or 0.84 per cent, to 3,357.01. The Nasdaq Composite Index decreased 140.19 points, or 1.27 per cent, to 10,910.28, Xinhua news agency reported.Shares of major US tech giants such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet all closed lower.Of the S&P 500 sector level, communication services and technology dipped 1.84 per cent and 0.84 per cent, respectively, among the worst performers.US-listed Chinese companies traded mostly lower, with six of the top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P US Listed China 50 index ending the day on a downbeat note.The moves came after data showed jobless claims in the United States declined only slightly last week.US initial jobless claims, a rough way to measure layoffs, came in at 860,000 in the week ending September 12, following an upwardly revised level of 893,000 in the prior week, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. The reading slightly exceeded the median economist estimate of 850,000 compiled by Bloomberg.Continuing claims, or the number of people already receiving benefits, stood at 12.63 million for the week ending September 5, showed the report.Wall Street also digested the Federal Reserve's latest decision on monetary policy.The US central bank on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady at the record-low level of near zero and promised to maintain this target range until labour market conditions have improved to reach maximum employment and inflation has picked up to its desirable level.( With inputs from IANS )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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