U.S. stocks fell intraday as shares of technology companies continued tumbling and investors braced for a busy week of corporate earnings and central-bank meetings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 144 points, or 0.6%, to 25307. The S&P 500 slipped 0.6% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.1%. Tech stocks in the S&P 500 slid 1.6%, with shares of Facebook off 3.5% and Twitter down 7.2% as last week's disappointing earnings reports weighed on sentiment. Netflix, meanwhile, dropped 4.8%, bringing its losses for the month to date to 14%. Despite those companies' high-profile stumbles, the earnings season is shaping up to be strong. As of Friday, 83% of the companies in the S&P 500 that had reported results posted stronger-than-expected earnings and 73% beat estimates on revenue, according to FactSet. The US gold price was down 0.2% to record 1221.00 US$/oz
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