New York, Sep 3 (AP) Wall Street tapped the brakes on its record-setting run Thursday, pulling the S&P 500 down 0.6 per cent in early trading.

Technology stocks led the way lower, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 1.5 per cent.

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Apple and Facebook, big drivers of the market's recent rally, each fell about 3 per cent. The S&P 500 closed at its latest all-time high a day earlier and has risen for nine out of the last ten trading days.

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Asian markets finished mixed and European markets were broadly higher. (AP)

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