NEW: Increased tensions ahead of U.S.-China trade talks knock down stocks, stretching the market's losses deeper into a fourth week.
Increased tensions ahead of U.S.-China trade negotiations knocked down stocks on Wall Street in early trading Tuesday and stretched the market's losses deeper into a fourth week.
Several medical device makers knocked down health care stocks. Thermo Fisher fell 3.9% and Boston Scientific fell 4%. Banks also dropped as bond yields fell. Bank of America shed 2.4%. OVERSEAS: European markets fell broadly. The British government warned that chances of a separation deal with the European Union are fading. The U.K. is on track to leave the 19-nation trading block on Oct. 31 but doesn't yet have an agreement on trade in place.
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