After moving to the upside early in the session, stocks have given back ground over the course of the trading day on Wednesday. The major averages have pulled back well off their highs of the session but are currently posting modest gains.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq reached its best intraday level in over four months in early trading but is currently up just 8.73 points or 0.1 percent at 14,290.48. The Dow is up 28.41 points or 0.1 percent at 35,445.39 and the S&P 500 is up 5.23 points or 0.1 percent at 4,560.12.
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