U.S. stocks fall on dented sentiment, profit-taking

NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks finished lower on Monday as the strong late-November rebound took a bumpier turn at the start of the final trading month of the year.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 427.09 points, or 0.9 percent, to 47,289.33. The S&P 500 slipped 36.46 points, or 0.53 percent, to 6,812.63. The Nasdaq Composite shed 89.76 points, or 0.38 percent, to 23,275.92.

The decline