U.S. stocks attempted to climb out of the negative during early trade on Wednesday, but the Dow Jones and S&P 500 ultimately closed in the red. The Nasdaq, on the other hand, squashed Monday and Tuesday's losses as FAANG stocks--Facebook
The U.S. 10-year treasury yield reached a new low at Wednesday's close of 1.302%.
Here's how stocks closed for mid-week trading:
S&P 500 Index
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Nasdaq Composite Index
In Major Stock News, Moderna
In Stock Sector News, only one sector ended Wednesday's trading session in the green, that being Information Technology +0.40%. The rest that ended with performance declines are as follows: Energy -2.97%, Utilities -0.97%, Real Estate -0.88%, Industrials -0.79%, Consumer Discretionary -0.69%, Financials -0.67%, Consumer Staples -0.49%, Materials -0.34%, Communication Services -0.21% and Health Care -0.10%.
Lastly, in Commodity and Currency News, crude oil barrel prices plummeted again on Wednesday, with the West Texas Intermediate