US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St marks worst week in 4 months

NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks posted their worstweek in four months, led lower on Friday by financial shares asresults from Wells Fargo and JPMorgan ignitedconcerns about shrinking profit margins for big lenders.

Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrialaverage edged up 2.46 points, or 0.02 percent, to finishunofficially at 13,328.85. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index

dipped 4.25 points, or 0.30 percent, to end unofficiallyat 1,428.59. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 5.30points, or 0.17 percent, to close unofficially at 3,044.11.

For the week, the Dow fell 2.1 percent, the S&P 500 lost 2.2percent and the Nasdaq tumbled 2.9 percent.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Jan Paschal)

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