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US stock slip to start the week; Six Flags sinks

By Matthew Craft
Published July 21, 2014 9:06pm ET
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US stock slip to start the week; Six Flags sinks
FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. World stock markets remained on the back foot Monday, July 21, 2014, as tensions grew between Russia and the West over the downing of an airliner in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) | Mark Lennihan

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market started the week with a slight loss on Monday as investors weighed a mixed batch of corporate earnings against mounting political turmoil.

European leaders are considering tougher sanctions on Russia for its backing of separatists accused of shooting down a Malaysia Airways passenger plane in Ukraine last week. The European Union’s foreign ministers will meet Tuesday to discuss their next steps.

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