
A day after a bear market rally spurred the major US gauges to session wins, choppy trading and a late sell-off on Wednesday sent them below the redline before the bell.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (US30) lost 47 points, or 0.15%, while the Nasdaq 100 (US100) slipped 0.16%, and the S&P 500 (US500) fell 0.13%.
On Tuesday, the blue-chip Dow jumped 2.15%, the tech-heavy Nasdaq shot 2.49% higher, and the S&P gained 2.45%.
Nasdaq 100 (US100) price chart
Tech roundup: Roku stands out
In the technology sector on Wednesday, shares of Microsoft (MSFT) sank 0.24%, Apple (AAPL) fell 0.38%, while Alphabet (GOOGL) backpedaled 0.051% and Intel (INTC) slipped 0.93% into the red.
Meanwhile, shares of Texas Instruments (TXN) lost 0.56%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) dipped 0.048%, as Nvidia (NVDA) dropped 1.24% lower and Roku (ROKU) went up 2.37%.
Roku (ROKU) price chart
Commodities: Oil ends at $105 a barrel, gold climbs
Oil futures were lower as West Texas Intermediate lost 3.91% to $105.24 a barrel, while Gold futures rose 0.07% to $1,840.10 an ounce.
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US Crude Oil price chart