Wall Street falls as banks, Caterpillar weigh

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks retreated on Thursday, dragged by financial shares, while Caterpillar tumbled following news that federal officials searched the company's Illinois facilities.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> fell 112.58 points, or 0.53 percent, to 21,002.97, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 14.04 points, or 0.59 percent, to 2,381.92 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 42.81 points, or 0.73 percent, to 5,861.22.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)