After coming under pressure early in the session, stocks remain mostly lower in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The major averages have all moved to the downside following the mixed performance seen in the previous session.
Currently, the major averages are off their lows of the session but still firmly negative. The Dow is down 170.34 points or 0.5 percent at 33,981.67, the Nasdaq is down 164.29 points or 1.3 percent at 12,938.26 and the S&P 500 is down 30.10 points or 0.7 percent at 4,275.10.
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