A warning about China's growth sparked selling in energy and industrial shares on Tuesday, but the broad market's losses were contained, a sign of resilience for U.S. stocks.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> dropped 68.94 points, or 0.52 percent, to end unofficially at 13,170.19. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 4.23 points, or 0.30 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,405.52. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> slipped 4.17 points, or 0.14 percent, to close unofficially at 3,074.15.

(Reporting by Edward Krudy; Editing by Jan Paschal)