Wall Street drops after BOJ decision; Apple weighs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed down on Thursday as the Bank of Japan's shocking call to cap monetary stimulus continued to rattle investors while a late day decline in Apple shares on remarks from billionaire investor Carl Icahn added to selling pressure.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 208.46 points, or 1.16 percent, to 17,833.09, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 19.22 points, or 0.92 percent, to 2,075.93 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 57.85 points, or 1.19 percent, to 4,805.29.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)