Bank stocks and tech stocks fell Thursday after downbeat economic reports in the US and Europe hurt investor sentiment. In economic news initial jobless claims jumped 20 000 to 362 000. The four-week average moved up by 8 000 to 360 750. The consumer price index rose 1.6% in January while gasoline fell 3.0% in comparison to a drop of 1.9% in December. Existing home sales were down 1.0% in December after a 4.8% rise in November. The Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI) dropped 57 points to 13869.78 and the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) fell 0.53% to 1503.96. The Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) declined 0.64% ...