Wall St. falls on round of soft earnings

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped from two-week highs on Tuesday as results and forecasts from companies in various sectors, including housing and consumer products, failed to live up to expectations.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 53.14 points, or 0.29 percent, to 18,169.89, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 8.13 points, or 0.38 percent, to 2,143.2 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 26.43 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,283.40.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)