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Wall St. falls on Fed rate hike worry

May 19, 2016 7:36 AM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 fell to its lowest level since March on Thursday as Wall Street became more worried that the U.S. Federal Reserve might raise interest rates as early as June.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 91.42 points, or 0.52 percent, to 17,435.2, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 7.61 points, or 0.37 percent, to 2,040.02 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 26.59 points, or 0.56 percent, to 4,712.53.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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