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Published: June 12, 2007 at 9:23 PM
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NEW YORK, June 12 (UPI) -- Three major U.S. stock indexes finished in the red Tuesday, failing to recover from a daylong downward trend.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 129.95 points, or 0.97 percent, at 13,295.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 16.12 points, 0.87 percent, to 1,493.00, while the NASDAQ Composite Index closed 1.07 percent lower at 2,549.77, a 22.38-point drop.

On the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, 455 stocks gained and 2,891 declined, on volume of 3.06 billion shares traded.

The 10-year Treasury note was down $6.875 for every $1,000 invested, to yield 5.263 percent.

The dollar ended the day mixed. The euro was at $1.3309 Tuesday from $1.3355 Monday, while the dollar was at 121.72 yen from 121.79.

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