Stocks slides on bank, Bernanke worries
U.S. stocks fell further on Friday, sending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq down 1 percent, as investors fretted about fallout from the Obama administration's proposed restrictions on banks and a delay in confirming Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
* Financial, technology and materials sectors weighed on the broader market.
* The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was down 82.30 points, or 0.79 percent, at 10,307.58. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was down 10.86 points, or 0.97 percent, at 1,105.62. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was down 26.60 points, or 1.17 percent, at 2,239.10.
(Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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