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Stocks fell slightly Thursday, pulling benchmark indexes down from 11-month highs on concern the rally outpaced prospects for earnings growth as FedEx and Oracle reported sales that missed analysts' estimates.
The second-straight day of declines brought the indexes down from their best levels of 2009.
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Profit taking and a broad decline among Internet stocks dealt a setback to the technology stocks around lunchtime in New York, dragging the Nasdaq Composite Index down from its alltime high.
The swings back and forth have left the benchmark index down slightly from where it was on May 22.
Simon Denham, head of Capital Spreads, said: Equity markets were pretty much in the doldrums today with most indices down marginally from the highs of yesterday.
This week's plunge in share prices, at one point taking the MSCI Emerging Asia Index down 25% from its October high, suggests they have changed their minds.
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