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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended lower and the dollar lost ground on Friday as negotiations to raise the U.S. debt ceiling were put on hold, jarring market participants as they headed into the weekend and the United States moved closer to the deadline to avoid default. While all three major U.S. stock indexes ended the session modestly in the red, they all notched gains for the week, which was marked by solid economic data and the tail end of a better-than-expected earnings season. Initial reports that debt ceiling negotiations had reached an impasse rattled markets even …
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