Dow Off 107 on Weak Data

Stocks fell further today as markets absorbed more poor economic data, the Wall Street Journal reports. National industrial production fell 1.1% in May, the Federal Reserve announced. The Dow Jones producer-price index rose only 0.2% in May, short of the expected 0.6% increase. The Dow lost 107.46 to close at 8,505.67. The Nasdaq fell 20.20, closing at 1,796.18, and the S&P dropped 11.75 to settle at 911.97. (More Dow Jones stories.)