Wall Street falls as Greece concerns weigh again

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The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was down 39.01 points, or 0.30 percent, at 12,823.22. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was down 3.86 points, or 0.29 percent, at 1,341.04. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was down 7.66 points, or 0.26 percent, at 2,898.00.

The S&P has rallied for five straight weeks on better-than-expected U.S. economic data, punctuated by Friday's solid employment report, pushing the index up nearly 7 percent for the year.

Hasbro Inc fell 0.3 percent to $35.76 after the maker of Nerf foam toys and Monopoly board games reported a fourth-quarter profit just above analysts' lowered expectations.

Humana Inc posted a big rise in fourth-quarter profit, but revenues came in below Wall Street expectations. Its shares fell 4.6 percent to $86.03. The Morgan Stanley healthcare payor index <.HMO> lost 0.7 percent.

Through Monday morning, of the 290 companies in the S&P 500 reporting results, 60 percent posted earnings that topped Wall Street expectations, tracking below recent quarters at this point of the reporting season.

Other companies expected to post earnings include Yum Brands Inc , Pioneer Natural Resources Co , Dun and Bradstreet Corp and Anadarko Petroleum Corp .

Fidelity National Financial Inc agreed to buy O'Charley's Inc for $9.85 a share in a deal that values the casual dining chain at $221 million in cash. O'Charley's shares surged 42.2 percent to $9.84.

Semiconductor stocks lost ground, dragged lower by a drop in Micron Technology Inc in the first trading session after the death of its chief executive. Micron shares were off 3 percent to $7.71, while the PHLX semiconductor index <.SOX> dropped 1.3 percent.

(Reporting By Chuck Mikolajczak; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)