Wall Street extends decline after services data
Stocks fell on Friday after data showing services sector activity contracted more than expected in March.
* Unemployment rate rises to highest since 1983.
* Research in Motion's U.S. shares
* The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> dropped 51.69 points, or 0.65 percent, to 7,926.39. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> dropped 5.30 points, or 0.64 percent, to 829.08. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> dropped 8.54 points, or 0.53 percent, to 1,594.09.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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