– National

Anxious investors bid stocks lower Thursday as disappointing retail sales reports prompted fresh concerns about a slowdown in the economy and sliding corporate revenues. A surge in oil prices also spurred selling.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 28.02, or 0.3 percent, to 11,025.51. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropped 2.10, or 0.2 percent, to 1,289.14. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 3.53, or 0.2 percent, to 2,311.11.

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– Local


Local movers were led by 3D Systems Corp., which gained 14.8 percent to $22, Occidental Petroleum Corp., which rose 1.8 percent to $94.28, and Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., which climbed 1.4 percent to $86.40. On the down side, IRIS International Inc. fell 25.2 percent to $17.27, FirstFed Financial Corp. lost 5.2 percent to $57.72 and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. slipped 1.4 percent to $85.74.