Wall Street ends down as energy, retail shares fall

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday as a sharp drop in oil prices hurt energy stocks and retail stocks were pulled down by concerns about Amazon.com's plan to boost its apparel business. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> fell 61.85 points, or 0.29 percent, to 21,467.14, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 16.43 points, or 0.67 percent, to 2,437.03 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 50.98 points, or 0.82 percent, to 6,188.03.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)