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		</div><p>US stocks have taken their biggest loss in five months as a healthcare bill backed by President Donald Trump ran into trouble in Congress.</p>
<p>It raised some questions about his agenda of faster economic growth spurred on by lower taxes and cuts in regulations.</p>
<p>Banks plunged as bond yields continued to fall, which will mean lower interest rates on loans.<br />
Transportation companies including airlines, railroads and rental car companies dropped, and so did materials companies such as steel and chemicals makers.</p>
<p>The dollar weakened. Small-company stocks, which stand to benefit the most from Mr Trump&#8217;s policy proposals of lower taxes and looser regulations, fell more than the rest of the market.</p>
<p>&#8220;President Trump promised that this healthcare bill would be signed, sealed, delivered within the first couple of weeks of him taking office,&#8221; said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer for BMO Capital Markets.<br />
&#8220;All this is doing is pushing the rest of the agenda out.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Standard &#038; Poor&#8217;s 500 index tumbled 29.45 points, or 1.1%, to 2,344.02. That was its biggest drop since October 11. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 237.85 points, or 1.1%, to 20,668.01.<br />
The Nasdaq composite surrendered 107.70 points, or 1.8%, to 5,793.83.</p>
<p>The Russell 2000 index of small-company stocks plunged 37.55 points, or 2.7%, to 1,346.55. Four-fifths of the stocks on the New York Stock Exchange fell.</p>
<p>Stocks have fallen for four days in a row, though the previous losses were small.<br />
Tuesday&#8217;s losses were a reversal of the patterns that have endured since Mr Trump was elected in November, but overall stocks are still sharply higher since then.</p>
<p>On Thursday the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Republican-backed American Health Care Act, and despite support from the president on Tuesday, it is not clear if the House or the Senate will approve the bill.</p>
<p>The administration hopes to get a major tax reform package to Congress by August, and a big infrastructure spending proposal may follow next year.</p>
<p>Banks had their worst day in nine months as bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note declined to 2.42% from 2.46%.</p>
<p>Bank of America fell 1.42 dollars, or 5.8%, to 23.02 dollars. KeyCorp sank 1.18 dollars, or 6.5%, to 16.90 dollars, the biggest loss in the S&#038;P 500. JPMorgan Chase gave up 2.64 dollars, or 2.9%, to 87.39 dollars.<br />
Still, banks have done far better than the rest of the market since the election.</p>
<p>Among transportation companies, United Continental lost 2.21 dollars, or 3.3%, to 65.28 dollars and railroad operator CSX declined 1.26 dollars, or 2.7%, to 45.62 dollars. Hertz Global skidded 1.86 dollars, or 8.7%, to 19.40 dollars. Companies that make steel, chemicals, and other basic materials also slid. AK Steel plunged 86 cents, or 10.4%, to 7.51 dollars and US Steel lost 3.34 dollars, or 9%, to 33.76 dollars.</p>
<p>The price of copper also dropped. The metal&#8217;s price tends to rise when investors are more optimistic about the economy, and copper has risen 14% over the last year. It sank five cents, or 1.8%, to 2.62 dollars a pound on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Big dividend companies, especially utilities, did well. Investors often buy those stocks when bond yields are falling. Dominion Resources rose 1.38 dollars, or 1.8%, to 78.21 dollars and PPL gained 67 cents, or 1.8%, to 37.47 dollars. Some household goods makers also rose. Jack Daniel&#8217;s whisky maker Brown-Forman climbed 47 cents, or 1%, to 47.28 dollars.</p>
<p>Kate Warne, an investment strategist for Edward Jones, said investors are taking some profits after the market&#8217;s long post-election winning streak, but noted that Wall Street is especially eager for the administration&#8217;s tax reform proposals.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think investors see (corporate tax reform) as more important in terms of supporting the stock market even if it&#8217;s not as important in terms of its effect on the economy&#8221; as healthcare, she said.</p>
<p>Food companies fell after General Mills posted a better-than-expected profit but weaker sales. The Cheerios maker faces more competitive pricing and a market that has been shifting demand from processed foods. Its stock dipped 50 cents to 59.76 dollars, and Kellogg shed 1.38 dollars, or 1.8%, to 73.60 dollars. Campbell Soup gave up 1.91 dollars or 3.2%, to 57.09 dollars.</p>
<p>Benchmark US crude lost 88 cents, or 1.8%, to 47.34 dollars a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, closed down 66 cents, or 1.3%, to 50.96 dollars a barrel in London.<br />
The price of gold jumped 12.50 dollars, or 1%, to 1,246.50 dollars an ounce. Silver gained 15 cents to 17.58 dollars an ounce.</p>
<p>In other energy trading, wholesale gasoline lost one cent to 1.61 dollars a gallon. Heating oil dipped one cent to 1.50 dollars a gallon. Natural gas rose five cents, or 1.7%, to 3.09 dollars per 1,000 cubic feet.<br />
The dollar slipped to 111.90 yen from 112.58 yen. The euro rose to 1.0804 dollars from 1.0733 dollars.</p>
<p>The DAX of Germany fell 1.1% and the British FTSE 100 lost 0.6%. France&#8217;s CAC 40 made big early gains after a debate between the nation&#8217;s candidates for president, but it finished 0.5% lower. Japan&#8217;s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.3%. The Kospi in South Korea rose 1% and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng rose 0.4%.</p>
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