After coming under pressure early in the session, stocks remain mostly lower in afternoon trading on Wednesday. While the Dow has climbed well off its worst levels and briefly turned positive, the tech-heavy Nasdaq continues to post a steep loss.
Currently, the Nasdaq is down 129.43 points or 1.0 percent at 13,537.86 and the S&P 500 is down 14.95 points or 0.3 percent at 4,373.76. The narrower Dow is down 21.36 points or 0.1 percent at 34,032.51, with strong gains by UnitedHealth (UNH) and Chevron (CVX) limiting the downside for the blue chip index.
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