Stocks are seeing modest weakness during trading on Wednesday, with the major averages all moving lower after ending the previous session narrowly mixed. Selling pressure has remained somewhat subdued, however, limiting the downside.
Currently, the major averages are off their lows of the session but still in the red. The Dow is down 85.77 points or 0.3 percent at 33,890.86, the Nasdaq is down 29.36 points or 0.2 percent at 12,124.06 and the S&P 500 is down 7.41 points or 0.2 percent at 4,147.46.
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