Stock indexes ended lower for a second day in US, pulling market further below record highs
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}U.S. stocks are ending lower for a second day in a row, pulling the market further below record highs reached earlier this week.
The drop Wednesday was modest but broad: nine of the 10 sectors in the Standard & Poor's 500 index lost ground.
The S&P 500 gave up nine points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,098.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Dow Jones industrial average lost 106 points, or 0.6 percent, to 18,096. The Nasdaq composite fell 12 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4,967.
Aluminum maker Alcoa sank 4 percent, the most in the S&P 500.
Abercrombie & Fitch plunged 16 percent after its revenue came up short of what investors were looking for.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The price of oil rose $1.01 to $51.53 a barrel in New York.