After ending the previous session mostly lower, stocks are turning in a lackluster performance during trading on Wednesday. While the tech-heavy Nasdaq has slid firmly into negative territory, the Dow and the S&P 500 are lingering near the unchanged line.
In recent trading, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 have fallen to new lows for the session. The Nasdaq is down 111.93 points or 0.8 percent at 13,772.39, the S&P 500 is down 10.70 points or 0.2 percent at 4,488.68 and the Dow is down 13.73 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 35,300.76.
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