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* Economic deterioration stalls four-day rally
* Jobless claims swell, new home sales plunge
* Dow off 2.7 pct; S&P 500, Nasdaq each off over 3 pct
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By Ellis Mnyandu
NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday, derailing a four-day surge in the S&P and Nasdaq as poor earnings coupled with a fresh wave of bleak labor market and housing data heightened fears of a deep recession.
A day after financials propelled Wall Street to its longest winning streak in two months, insurer Allstate (ALL.N) plunged 20.7 percent after posting a $1.1 billion quarterly loss and stirred concerns about more losses on insurers' books.
Government reports showed the amount of people filing for unemployment benefits hit a record in mid-January, while orders for long-lasting goods fell for the fifth straight month in December and new home sales slid to a record low.
Bellwethers whose profits are sensitive to economic growth, like Boeing (BA.N), down nearly 6 percent, led the broad market sell-off.
"There's no major sign of confidence for stock prices," said Steve Goldman, market strategist at Weeden & Co in Greenwich, Connecticut. "The catalysts to reverse the economic slump are not fully in place yet."
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI slid 226.44 points, or 2.70 percent, to 8,149.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX tumbled 28.95 points, or 3.31 percent, to 845.14. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC dropped 50.50 points, or 3.24 percent, to 1,507.84.
Even as the Obama administration pushes ahead with plans to jolt the economy out of recession, investors feared that mounting layoffs, a poor earnings outlook and persistent uncertainty about the financial sector's health would continue to sap confidence.
Stocks' inability to sustain their recent rally marks a major hurdle in the market's attempt to reverse its year-to-date losses, with the benchmark S&P 500 index down more than 6 percent, the Dow off 7.2 percent, and the Nasdaq off more than 4 percent.
Of the Dow's 30 components, only three finished higher -- diversified manufacturer 3M (MMM.N), up 2 percent at $56.55; drug maker Merck & Co (MRK.N), up 0.6 percent at $28.94, and Procter & Gamble (PG.N) , up 0.1 percent at $58.22. Both Merck and P&G are among stocks traditionally deemed as a defensive play in a downbeat economy.
Boeing's stock lost 5.9 percent to $40.71 and ranked as the second-heaviest weight on the Dow industrials, behind Chevron (CVX.N), a day after the jet plane maker posted a disappointing outlook and announced an order cancellation.
Allstate tumbled 20.7 percent to $23.50 and contributed to an 8.4 percent drop in the S&P financial index .GSPF. Among bank stocks, JPMorgan (JPM.N) slid 8.1 percent to $25.43
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