Consulting firm Accenture Ltd lost US$1.19 to US$23.70 after announcing strong revenues and profits for the quarter. The company's outlook for the current quarter and full year were in line with Wall Street estimates, though one-time benefits fueled some of Accenture's forecasts.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by more than 5 to 2 on the NYSE, where preliminary consolidated volume came to 1.67 billion shares, compared with 1.9 billion shares traded on Thursday.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies was down 9.01, or 1.45 percent, at 610.75.
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