Dow finishes down 89 points; Nasdaq six-session winning streak snapped

NEW YORK (MarketWatch)
U.S. stocks finished lower on Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said little progress has been made in talks aimed at averting the so-called fiscal cliff
The Dow Jones Industrial Average  declined 89.24 points, or 0.7%, to end at 12,878.13, with Hewlett-Packard Co. the top decliner in the blue-chip index
The S&P 500 index  slipped 7.35 points, or 0.5%, to finish at 1,398.94
The Nasdaq Composite snapped a six-session winning streak, dropping 8.99 points, or 0.3%, to end at 2,967.79