Wall Street eases as consumer, healthcare stocks lag

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped on Monday along with declines in health and consumer shares and as investors braced for policy news from central banks.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 73.29 points, or 0.41 percent, to 17,725.2, the S&P 500 lost 9.25 points, or 0.44 percent, to 2,080.86 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 18.86 points, or 0.37 percent, to 5,108.67.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)