NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank shares dragged Wall Street lower on Thursday on concerns the a slowing global economy will continue to pressure interest rates, but energy shares helped the market pare losses on a report that OPEC may move to cut oil production.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 255.24 points, or 1.6 percent, to 15,659.5, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 22.91 points, or 1.24 percent, to 1,828.95 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 16.76 points, or 0.39 percent, to 4,266.84.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)
